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Not actually. An impact is inevitable, given enough time.

• nerfhammer 13y ago
  given the time scale of the duration in which a major impact event is likely humanity's technology will have advanced radically beyond which we could possibly imagine
  • baddox 13y ago
    Yes, and the way that will happen is that money will be invested into space technology companies like SpaceX.
    • nerfhammer 13y ago
      or it will just happen anyway over the course of thousands of years
      • dragonwriter 13y ago
        No, actually, if everyone chooses "invest in other things" over "invest in technology", then it won't happen. If it will happen, it will be because of technology investment, not as magic that occurs independently of them.
        • nerfhammer 13y ago
          It's impossible to imagine how humanity would stop investing in technology or would only invest in technology that would not be related to space travel