05-06-2012, 07:31 AM
Believe is an awfully stretchy word, and facts don't give a damn about opinion polls.
Billy,
You're ignoring the fact that most people want to live. The chances of someone getting control of enough nukes to wipe humankind off the planet and actually being allowed to use them in such a way to commit planetary suicide are fairly remote. Even someone like Hitler only wanted to conquer the world, not destroy it. That a suicidal megalomaniac and ability to wipe out the human race will coincide is pretty remote. For the world to end, and we really mean humans end, there would probably need to be a mass extinction event such as a large rock hitting the earth (remote), or a worldwide plague that has 100% kill rate (also remote), or some unknown biological process that enters into run away mode and wipes out all the breathable air (possible, but would take much more time than a year). Most likely is a large gamma ray burst close by. It's possible, but I doubt the Mayans could have predicted it. However, I am willing to take bets on the occurrence. What kind of odds are you giving. I'll put a million on it not happening, and give a hundred to 1 odds.
Dale
Billy,
You're ignoring the fact that most people want to live. The chances of someone getting control of enough nukes to wipe humankind off the planet and actually being allowed to use them in such a way to commit planetary suicide are fairly remote. Even someone like Hitler only wanted to conquer the world, not destroy it. That a suicidal megalomaniac and ability to wipe out the human race will coincide is pretty remote. For the world to end, and we really mean humans end, there would probably need to be a mass extinction event such as a large rock hitting the earth (remote), or a worldwide plague that has 100% kill rate (also remote), or some unknown biological process that enters into run away mode and wipes out all the breathable air (possible, but would take much more time than a year). Most likely is a large gamma ray burst close by. It's possible, but I doubt the Mayans could have predicted it. However, I am willing to take bets on the occurrence. What kind of odds are you giving. I'll put a million on it not happening, and give a hundred to 1 odds.
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.