How Long Do We Have Before A Doomsday Event?
Do you remember all the conspiracy theories surrounding the year 2012 and how the world was going to end on December 21, 2012? Of course you do, because the world didn’t end and you’re still alive!
But that doesn’t mean that a doomsday event won’t ever happen. Just ask the dinosaurs. Wait. You can’t. They’re all dead! The fact is, despite all our technological advances, we just can’t predict when a global catastrophe is going to happen.
Earth’s history shows that it happens from time to time due to various natural reasons and ‘our’ history shows that we have the capability and the tendency to cause such a catastrophe ourselves.
That’s why one of the brightest minds of our time, Stephen Hawking, thinks that humanity has only about 100 years to live if we do not do anything about it soon.
Really? Only 100 Years?
If some random person on the internet had said so, I would probably have laughed and brushed it off but if Stephen Hawking says so, it must have some credibility, am I right?
So, how exactly could the world end in just 100 years? Well, there are always natural phenomena that could happen at any instant (we wouldn’t even have to wait 100 years), like an asteroid impact. We miss many of these and only hear about it after they just miss the Earth by a small distance.
There are also deadly diseases that might cause a widespread epidemic killing a major portion of humanity. Just recently I read an article about how the melting permafrost may unlock ancient diseases that we may know absolutely nothing about.
Then there is climate change that can cause wide spread extinction of life in various ways. If you want to know how exactly climate change can cause extinction, check this article out.
Then there are the human causes. If even by mistake, one of the many countries that has nuclear weapons were to launch one in the air towards another country, chances are, others would do the same, causing total annihilation.
These are only some of the ways that we could go. There are tons of other ways which might lead us to our extinction and the possibility of each happening increases with time. So, what do we do about it?
How Do We Survive?
The answer is simple really. Just colonise another planet! Ok, it’s not that simple or even simple. Actually it is very hard and it will take sheer determination, lots of technological breakthroughs and time to achieve that.
Thankfully, Elon Musk and some others have started this process and are eyeing for a permanent and self sustaining colony on Mars within the century. That puts us within the range of Stephen Hawking’s prediction.
NASA has its own plans to put humans on Mars too and so does China which plans to send humans there in the coming decades. UAE has similar plans as well. This might be the beginning of another space race, but this will help ensure humanity’s survival.
Right now humanity has all its eggs in one basket, called planet Earth and until we change that, we are in danger. We can also improve on a lot of our activities here on this planet, so that it has very less impact on the environment and therefore reduces the chances of any doomsday event.
WAKE UP PEOPLE! They slowly condition us to accept that is why it never comes and yet it has already come. We are sick and are financially in debt. How many people live above your means. If you cannot pay for it in cash you cannot afford it and do not need it. Our government should take a lesson from that. The problem is that our government does not run this country. it is the banks and elites that run the shadow government. They slowly condition us to accept their agenda thus no revolt. WAKE UP PEOPLE. Our grand parents were preppers because they went through the depression. We as a people have become too lazy and dependent on the system. There was a time that folks would take the ashes from their wood burning stoves and put them on their gardens. That is how they got their 90 minerals and vitamins. Today we eat at the local restaurant. WE ARE DUMBED DOWN AND SICK. WAKE UP FOLKS!
I don't think we're at gloom and doom dire shit right now, but we should definitely learn to rely upon ourselves and our neighbors. I barely even talk to the guy who lives next to me...
Our society has become that way. How many folks go out on a porch. Children stay inside and get on their tablets and Ipods. We do not introduce ourselves to each other...let alone asking for a cup of sugar or to borrow the hammer. We don't help each other. They have conditioned us over a period of decades to ignore our neighbors. It started with the radio then the TV set then the computer and tablet. Before you knew it we were living inside instead of getting the fresh outdoor sun. SAD.
Agree 100%! I'd add that even if those private companies manage to make a settlement in Mars, folks! that's not going to be for us! Their aim are profits! So you can expect (if they manage) to have a nice, prosperous settlement for the billionaires bankers and alike. It's already difficult to move to another country. Imagine to another planet! NOT IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM!
Buy bitcoin and silver.
It's sad that not enough people in the world are aware of this but hey, I hear about more and more people who are awakened to it and that makes me hopeful.
Sweet article you came up with. Nice to see the wink to Elon Musk in there too. I bet he'd be pleased to see his name down here. ;) Namaste :)
Thank you so much for the kind words :) I doubt Elon Musk would care about me mentioning him ;)
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst and have the 3 Gs (Gold, Guns and a Get away plan), my grandpa always said!
Humanity needs to prepare for sure. But against a global destruction, neither gold nor guns can save us only a get away plan and that get away plan is to get to Mars. :)
Right! Collectively a reduction of the population would also solve a lot of our problems! So Nitemare will not reproduce himself! ;-)
haha that is kinda dark ;)
"How Long Do We Have Before A Doomsday Event?"
It's what ever TIME you are able to contribute.
Everyone has a certain amount of TIME.
Enjoy the TIME while it last...
Yeah, that is true on an individual basis but I was talking about humanity as a whole.
Call me "spiritual" but I have FAITH that LIFE human or species WILL always THRIVE.
That's a really positive outlook. I like it :)
Indeed it ends when it ends!
Has anyone ever heard of the "Hollow Earth" theory? Well, if you have not, look it up. In short, the theory claims that there is another world of living beings on the inside of the Earth. This place has its own small sun and it is always daytime. Very interesting and possibly true, check it out!
But how can the early be both hollow AND flat?
It can be hollow, but it is not flat
I see, that clears things up...so the earth is definitely not flat because that's ridiculous but there may be living beings inside our hollow earth. Got it. ;)
Here: http://www.crystalinks.com/hollowearth.html.
Now, I was never saying that the Earth "is" hollow, I said it "can" be. There is a possibility, even though it is not likely. It is an interesting theory that has been around for a long time, based off of several people who have claimed to either been down in the "Hollow Earth" or seen the apparent hole in the North Pole. Furthermore, I do not believe that the Earth is flat, it has been scientifically proven several times. However, this "Hollow Earth" theory has not been scientifically proven or debunked, thus it is still a mystery.
Yes, I have heard about it a lot and done some research on my own. I have heard of reports of flying objects coming out of craters in the north pole and they suspect that, that might be the connection between the world below and ours.
Of course, non of this has been confirmed and these days, there are so many theories about so many things one doesn't know what to believe anymore. My mind boggles sometimes when I read the things I do!
Of course! it boggles my mind as well. Out of the several "existence" theories, it is one of the more interesting ones!
That is way too far fetched..inside the earths core underground there is an ocean about 400 miles beneath North America! Some conspiracies just don't add up, and can be yet interesting..
And if the governments keep up with the nuclear horse shit and pretty soon all life will eventually be gone.
Yeah, that's for sure. It is one of the major threats to humanity.
Hawking may be smart and he may be a strangely charismatic and inspirational person, but he is by no means an expert in this. So you shouldn't value his opinion on this that much higher than the average internet Joe. Still, we are facing existential dangers and he is not being literal but warning us about our catastrophic effect on the planet.
Also keep in mind that no matter how inhospitable Earth becomes, it will always be easier to survive on than Mars. You might not be able to ask the Dinosaurs, but you can still as their descendants that are still around and mostly thriving - the birds.
Agreed. Stephen Hawking's prediction should be looked as a warning rather than an exact timeline and I think that was his intent in the first place.
Also, yes, life would be easier on Earth than Mars but once Mars is terraformed, and similar conditions are created on Mars, it will be not that different. Of course, that could take hundreds of years.
Yes, absolutely. I mentioned the thing about Mars because it needs to be clear that Mars is by no means a solution to our current environmental problems. We are likely to be facing huge problems in the coming decades but solving them would certainly remain more feasible than terraforming a whole different planet that currently takes 9 months to fly to and that's only 2 times a year when things a align. It will always be easier to find a way to clean the air on Earth than to somehow create breathable air on Mars.
Yes, that is correct. Neil DeGrasse Tyson said that instead of going to Mars, we should focus on solving our problem here on Earth.
I agree with that but I also agree that we can do both. We absolutely have to solve problems of Earth but we should also be preparing Mars for a second home. That is the whole point of guaranteeing survival in case anything happens to Earth in say, 1000 years.
Absolutely! We should and we have to do both and I want us to do both too. It will be like living in the future.
It sure will! :)
Maybe the reason there is a mad scramble to colonize other planets is because there is an event in the not too distant future which has the capacity to wipe out earth life and reset the planet? Think about it.
Yeah, there are lots of possibilities of such an event. We miss asteroids all the time. Who knows when one could hit us. I have mentioned other such events in the article too.
We don't know the date or hour only god know.
However we do know the season and will have the wisdom to understand when that time comes.
Yes, we do not know and that is precisely the reason why we should have already done something about it. Well, at least they are doing it now!
There have always been talks about doomsday approaching from the coming economic collapse or Planet X , or WW3 all the way to an alien invasion. People have been talking about that since the beginning of time. But what can we do? If it's our time then, then it's our time. I'm just going to try and live my life right.
True! :)