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Until we explore and colonize space, we are one random asteroid away from human extinction. The odds in any given year or small, but it's nevertheless an unacce
by beervirus 6y ago
Until we explore and colonize space, we are one random asteroid away from human extinction. The odds in any given year or small, but it's nevertheless an unacceptable risk.
We should do everything we can to spread our eggs into other baskets.
- lupire 6y agoHow would an asteroid cause human extinction? We're far more adaptable than dinosaurs.
- mr_toad 6y agoThe asteroid that caused the KT extinction burned every exposed life form, including all the land plants. The atmosphere became incandescent. Anything that survived the inferno would have then had to deal with the clouds of ash blocking out the sun for years. It’s possible some small groups of humans could survive that, if they were survivalist types with bunkers and years of food, but it would be dicey.
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- zhte415 6y agoDinosaurs were around for a fair amount of time.. as were and still are, perhaps, cockroaches and dragon flies.