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Lest we forget, in around 5bn years the Sun will become a red giant. I doubt humanity will make it that far. Cool images though
by opless 7y ago
Lest we forget, in around 5bn years the Sun will become a red giant. I doubt humanity will make it that far.
Cool images though
- SubiculumCode 7y agoI think the problems may happen as soon as 1B from now. https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.universetoday.com/12648/will-earth-survive-when-the-sun-becomes-a-red-giant/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjLqbXizbDlAhWDhJ4KHYRhAdYQFjADegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw3AmzSGiWUATfsCIKeKUvjQ https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.universetoday.com/1...
- jacobush 7y agoThat’s a really short amount of time given how long life has been around. Thinking about the great filter
- SubiculumCode 7y agoYes. This is what struck me. If we fail, then I'm not confident that another capable species could rise in time to try again.
- SamBam 7y agoOn the off-chance that humans are around in a billion years, I would hope we'd have learned to manage a planet-sized climate by then, so preventing Earth from turning into Venus should be manageable. Certainly more manageable than surviving another billion years, at least.
- _Microft 7y agoIf there are descendants of humans in a billion years, their capabilities might only be limited by the laws of physics - and I would not even be surprised if this time is off by quite a few orders or magnitude (up to like ... six? Edit: that would mean as early as 1000 years from now. It's a bold guess, I know).
- coldtea 7y ago>If there are descendants of humans in a billion years, their capabilities might only be limited by the laws of physics Or, something few consider, they might have plateaud way earlier, after most low hanging fruits have been achieved (fire, steam engine, electricity, nuclear power, computing, telecommunications) and the rest are diminishing returns...
- Andrew_nenakhov 7y agoIf humans will learn how this 'genetics' thing works, it might be a total gamechanger. Once we understand how to create a life that works like we want it to, all bets are off, and lots of things will be possible: indefinite lifespans, lifeforms alteration, hybernation, etc.
- marcosdumay 7y agoIsn't that what the "limited by the laws of physics" mean? Worldwide climate engineering is within that envelope.
- coldtea 7y ago>Isn't that what the "limited by the laws of physics" mean? Worldwide climate engineering is within that envelope. "Limited by the laws of physicals" implies only physical laws are the limitation. Whereas my response was more about being more limited (due to complexity, lack of resources, etc). So response was about a possible way lower envelope. I.e. not necessarily much more advanced than we are today, with diminishing advances in various areas. So no "worldwide climate engineering" (except the clumsy stuff we already have), and no personal robot assistance of sci-fi style...