Just like individuals, civilizations eventually die. We don't know what will kill us but to think that we would somehow be the only immortal civilization (or sp

Just like individuals, civilizations eventually die. We don't know what will kill us but to think that we would somehow be the only immortal civilization (or species) is ridiculous. Now life is another matter (no pun intended). The article tends to confuse the two. It seems fairly unlikely that we would be able to eradicate any form of life on this planet. If there's life then there is no reason to think something interesting and new couldn't come out of it. On a side note, it also seems highly unlikely that a nuclear weapon will never be detonated by accident or by mistake at some point in the future. There have been many close calls and that we know about and probably many more that were kept secret. So the "black ball" has been out of the bag for quite a while.