Who or what will end the world as we know it? Will be sooner than expected?
When did nuclear war seem so unlikely to happen? Seems like a million years ago and the fact that it no longer does demonstrates how swiftly dangers to humankind may evolve and how crucial it is to take everything seriously.
Chemical warfare, asteroid collisions, supervolcanic eruptions, and the impending consequences of climate change pose a danger to anything from the fall of civilizations to the extinction of humans.
Now, with these dangers in mind, we can easily picture something similar to what happened in the Mad Max franchise and fantasize about how bad it will be. But no more of this; let’s start with the number one threat that can easily end the world as we know it, according to scientists:
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Once robots and artificial intellegence is started, it can program itself to eliminate all forms of outside controls of itself.
That’s when you strap a remote control bomb to it and blow it to pieces. Lol
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Yes, the threat to humans of global warming is real, but there is another, related but opposite threat, to wit, global cooling. This could be caused by climate engineering to reduce global warming. There are already a number of companies working on various technologies to ameliorate warming. If one or more of these technologies are implemented with-out appropriate restraint and direction, disaster could befall us.
Another threat, not to life, but to technology, is satellite debris. As space junk accumulates, the possibility of it smashing into the myriad satellites already in similar orbits increases. These smashed-into satellites could become more caroming debris, set off a chain reaction that could wipe out the satellites and the numerous systems dependent on them.
Not being scientifically educated this scares me to death. Hope we can find solutions. I know we can’t last forever.
You can rust the science, but not the scientists who interpret it. Jesus repeatedly told us not to fear. What will come will come cannot be stopped unless by divine intervention, but He has overcome your fears.
Amen 🙏🏿 Let us keep praying “Thy will be done”!
I think the “rust” in on Christian mythology, not science.
From where I sit, he has done nothing, including fail to demonstrate an iota of reality. But people like you sure have! Twisting history, lying through your teeth! This is the Trump (new) model… the Hitler model… lie lie lie!!! So many people of simple minds grab on and even after 2,000 years still robotically repeat the mantra. Fake, fraud, phony!!! Stop lying, get a job.
I agree, it is all a lie
When did we ever have statesmen who served the people?
Your nuts the world is not coming to an end because of Trump. Comparing him to Hitler is ridiculous and not true. You have been brainwashed by the propaganda by the radical left.
Amen to that
True word’s to be honest
In 100 million years any of those scenereos would not be visible on the lush green earth that an alien could visit. Only the Asteroid, if large enough could completely remove 100% of life from the planet.
Jesus’s second coming and whatever plight he chooses!
GOD is in control
Yes. It will happen on the day of jugement as Quran says ‘Day of Qayamat when everything will be destroyed the dead will be resurrected, and every individual will be held accountable for their actions during their earthly life; those with good deeds will enter Paradise, while those with bad deeds will be sent to Hellfire.
Disasters and crisis. the manmade ones are preventable by removing the corrupt politicians that only see to expand their wealth and power. Where once we had statesmen who served the people we now have power hungry who want only rule. Claiming that only government can save us from destruction. yet destruction is the norm under their administrations. When have we ever seen our government or any government build anything that lasts or even on budget. They enrich their supporters and relatives using our ( INVESTMENTS) Taxes. billions left unaccounted for. yet when asked about them display get hurt feelings that we the people should even ask accountability. and refuse to prosecute when proven fraud and deceit. We can avoid these crisis. The ones by nature, not so much!–I, Grampa
Well said Grandpa!
Hi, everything you have said is true. I guess we have more common sense coming from the old school of I am a senior citizen. I never in my lifetime. Have I ever dreamt of such a mess. We have a president was mentally incompetent and they kept overlooking it Green energy administration especially Biden was pushing is insane. Harris is telling us the solution is reduce the population. Why did they invite 10 people to come here? These people have no common sense. If you don’t have enough to take care of your own people you can’t bring all these other people in . Everything is just so unreasonable. Well, I guess we will have to see what happens in November.
No matter what man does, he can not completely destroy the earth. He might damage it some, but only God will destroy it and it says that in Revelation He is going to destroy the earth with fire. It has to be fire as we have too much disease, trash, and old cars to do anything else. God is not going to destroy the earth until He is ready. When I look around and see all the paper, glass, and old cars it breaks my heart that we have people who have not done a better job with the earth God created.
We need to go back to 1 Billion humans ..only!
Do you desire to be one of those 6 billion or so that gets dispatched from this earth? What criteria will people use to get rid of all the undesirables, of which you will certainly not be one?
And plastic. In my opinion plastic is the worse of all. Plastic is used for everything we produce on earth yet it cannot be broken down. Maybe some of our tax dollars can be used for research on a biodegradable plastic. Ummm
Only the God of Heaven can and will end this world. Science cannot end anything, but itself.
Nothing dies in nature including Human it only change shape Total energy in universe remain same by Grace of Divine or call it God if you believe there is one I gues we all created in HIS image even Animal that is reason Hindu worship image of Monkey Elephant etc
We are to safeguard weak and who deserve our protection
And the scientists are working feverishly to be the one to invent the killer disease.
I really don’t care about the survival of humanity. In many ways, I think we deserve it. But I do feel sorry for other forms of life who might be rendered extinct because of some catastrophe.
I really don’t care about the survival of humanity. In many ways, I think we deserve it. But I do feel sorry for other forms of life who might be rendered extinct because of some catastrophe.
The earth as we know it will end, no getting around it. The question is where will you be after it does?
God will end the world when He is ready. It is not our choice
Supervolcano
The world will end when God says enough of evil. Until then by the grace of God we live for the future not in fear but for a better life for our grandchildren. Jesus is my Lord and Savior and he has rescued me time after time. I am in my twilight years and know that fear is an evil mindset. Have courage each day with Jesus in your heart. Leave a sinful life when he calls to you daily, We can overcome all these possibilities like we did as prognosticated many times: Devastating earthquakes, Rising sea levels, Malthusian Theory we will starve, Nuclear war is eminent, Ice Age, run out of energy (Oil), wars and more wars, pestulence, and untold numbers of warnings. God Bless you and loved ones.
Amen to that Lots of biblical signs
Have and are being fulfilled. He could come before any of the 7 can happen!!
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I’m a “climate change denier”. Climate change is mostly political and pushed by the anti-capitalists. Granted, climate has been changing for millions of years, but just take a look at what’s been happening. We’ve worked on pollution control. EVs are not the answer.
Unfortunately, we gave up on nuclear energy.
I’m a meteorologist and climatology is a large part of meteorology even though its statistical.
I agree. It’s just the latest political scare tactic. But you of all people know more about this than anyone!
Climate change has been going on since the beginning, (ice age/dinosaurs/etc.) We cannot change it, stop it, only watch it happen. All the theories are just that, someone’s idea of what caused it. Some have some merit, others have none. These theories are believed to be fact until someone else comes along with a different theory that proves the last theory wrong.
Whether you believe in God or don’t, it does not matter, because we can not control what is going to happen.
Give me A I over the politicians who may be running the country soon
i assume they will make logical and practical decisions
Global warming could eventually kill us off and robots will be immune
to it and we will have an earth with all robots..Yeah!
AI is not robots ! LoL 😂 It’s about using technology to enable computers to perform a variety of advanced functions! It also includes the ability to see, understand spoken , and written language , analyze data , make recommendations, etc. 👌🏽
The reason the wealthy continue buying homes on the ocean is because they know the ocean level will not rise. No matter how much water is added. Sea level is not level. The Atlantic is higher in the center than the Pacific. The Mid Ocean Ridge in the Atlantic has much more density and draws more water to itself than the low density of the Pacific. The shorelines of the oceans will never overflow the land masses. hence the scientific reason for the biblical scripture where God promised to Noah that He would never again flood the Earth.
Actually “End the World” is a misnomer, frequently abused and often deliberately confusing. The entire purpose of using the “Science” authority, is to hide the political desperation of fearmongering the public. It is easy to identify the double dipping hype used by digital media, to link false threats and misinformation, to detract people’s attention to simple solutions and available answers. For example; The Climate hoax is used to justify crushing the economy and generating International Conflict. Can you honestly expect Artificial Intelligence to provide solutions ?
Good article, but very disturbing. My grandchildren are the ones that will be affected the most & I hope the next generation can come up with a solution!
The only solution it to believe Christ died for our sins, to repent, and spread God’s word. After people hear the way, the rest is free will. Humankind is doomed because of their greedy choices
Greedthe great sin of the world and it always been since years back The way is repent and imitate Jesus
None of these thing are the end of the earth. Just the end of the human race. Meh.
The earth will be fine without us. Likely better off.
I am amazed when people bring superstition into the equation. We are talking about nature and science, not religion, for which there has never been any evidence, only wishful thinking. Judaism (in which one has to lump Christianity and Islam) has been around for 0.00000064 % of our planet’s lifetime. The issue is that one destructive species, which shares DNA with millions of other species, is now threatening life on earth through anthropogenic climate change and we are not taking the threat seriously enough. We are selfish and leaving our descendants to sort out the mess.
I’m amazed that you believe science has anything to do with anything. Science is only a theory of man. All the science proof, is only a theory of man. You give a % of time Christianity has been around based on man’s theory of when the earth was formed. There is no more proof of when the earth was formed, or that God created earth. It is only a theory of man. Carbon dating, is only a theory of man. There is no real proof that it is correct. The only proof of any science, is a theory come up with by man.
Theories are only good, until another MAN comes along with a different theory that proves the last theory wrong.
Unfortunately, Science has been replaced with Politics and Greed. He who donates the most money gets the scientific results. It is presented with spread sheets, statistics, and numbers in a language only the researcher understands and becomes their gospel of truth. Sad world we have become. A nation of obese, lazy, self centered dreamers entertained by electronic devises that give biased information. No one is willing to give up there mechanical devices of transportation that rely on fossil fuel or electrical propulsion, but are telling others to give up theirs. The, ” not in my background syndrome, but yours”. We reduce pollution here and send it to China where massive amounts of carbon is produced and does absolutely nothing to reduce carbon emissions and ask for money to fix it.. Globalists telling us to send more money to fix the problem, but know if they fix the problem, it is the end of their wealth. They convince you have 1.5 to 2.5 children and import millions of aliens that don’t believe in birth control don’t even have enough knowledge to understand Climate Change. They just want to feed and house their families and the price is people control, not climate control. When everyone wakes up from the pink cloud dream and applies the God given tools, we might have a chance. Put Science back into Science , and keep Politics out.
Your article states
“But realistically speaking, there is no chance that AI will become malevolent” Not only do I completely disagree, but I believe it will happen by 2050,
Perhaps sooner than later.
Okay, but not until Friday. I’m getting a haircut Thursday.
I think we passed the tipping point back in 1995 when the Larsen Ice sheet started collapsing. I think the last time we had this much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was during the Oligocene. We should have spent the last 29 years collecting fossil plant specimens from that time period and mapping out the climate information for reference by the agricultural, forestry, and insurance sectors, but we didn’t. We waisted time arguing about whether climate change was real or not.
AI development is dependent on silicon chips and and human made infrastructure. The world’s supply of high quality silicon Spruce Pine, North Carolina got flooded out during hurricane Helene. It will take at least six months to get the mine operational again. I expect a lot of system breakdowns before then. Much of the developed world is facing demographic collapse. I suspect that our ability to repair and maintain AI systems will runout by 2030 if not sooner.
NASA has mapped the current population of asteroids that might impact the earth, but asteroids bump into each other quite often in the asteroid belt region and anyone of them could come hurling towards the planet in a matter of months to wipe out everything you know and love. So don’t get too warm and fuzzy over the mapping projects. NASA knows this but fails to tell you because they don’t want you to think they aren’t doing their job or you might not want politicians to spend more money on other projects that are useless also. Since the 1970’s, NASA has done little to improve their space programs and now rely on Musk to get them back and forth from space. Not necessarily a bad thing but still with the bills being poured into NASA we expect more.
…I didn’t even click to the next page. As soon as the words “Climate Change” were mentioned…I knew this was a propaganda piece. Sadly, there might have been some interesting nuggets of information about real challenges to the earth, but in truth, the lies of climate change are not on that list. Somehow, I bet that most of the article focuses on the alleged climate change…the real cash cow for globalist pimps who sell their soul for the Big Lie and lots of cash. For a magazine called Science in The World….it is embarrassing that you would include the topic in your article.
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is 400 parts per million. That is 1 inch every 70 yards!! That is effecting are climate!!! How many of you morons believe this?
If you want to know how this world ends read the last book of the Bible called “Revelation” There is a lot of symbolism . But, you can see everything from climate change, nuclear war, asteriods falling from the skies, diseases and plagues, and worldwide war. But don’t forget to read the last chapters of the book that give us hope.
When are you people going to come to the truth and see that all this has been prophesized in the Bible long ago. We are on precipice of self destruction not because we have poor environmental laws, but because we have rejected God. And this is the punishment. Just like the global flood that started a new generation of Godly living people.
what about ending the world wars
These seven items have been in the minds of scientists for years — I studied then in school and read much about them. Two things that drive fear reporting and scare science are: the belief that the world and universe are millions/billions of years old. True science and archeology prove otherwise. The second is the belief that there is global warming. I know and talked to one of the men who traveled the world gathering temps and info for the study of global warming. He reported temps increasing but he knew the reporting was falsified. Many places do not keep rewords of temperatures and so they averaged the temperatures for a couple days then increased it to make it look like the globe was slowly warming. If they did not do this then the government would withhold government finances from the university he represented. He, and many others, are retired now and have been speaking out. However, the liberal and ignorant media does not give them a platform. But since many have spoken out the doomsday criers have mostly changed their mantra to “climate change”. If you desire more comments my email is listed .
Totally agree with you!
Hate to break it most people but AI won’t save you. It takes a collective effort and of a mind dedicated to the human race as a single species that needs to work out our problems and needs and to create scenarios if such matters arise. All we are now is technologically advanced Neanderthals.
Not worried about the end of the Earth.
1) 7 year tribulation
2) 1,000 year reign of Christ
Just read the Book of revelations!
interesting, send me more
We can only hope that if war does come that level headed people will know better to not press the button. Obviously there would be no winners. What heads of state should be doing is coming together for the good of all earth’s citizens and help one another weather it be technology water food medicine ect ect there should be No need for wars it’s Rediculious this day and age bottom line there will be NO winners once 1 nuke is released then all nukes would be released then POOF no more humans or for that matter Anything!!
I don’t think we will be able to live peacefully with AI and robots. People don’t like the idea of others taking their jobs. I know no one will like the idea of AI and robots taking over. How will people survive? How will they support their families? Even in our country now there will be cuts in social services and medical. Robots are not human and they make mistakes. I have heard of a case where a robot killed a man on a job. How do you rule this? They don’t go to jail. elaine _sykes2000@yahoo.com
Climate change is a hoax.
This is no joke
The average man can do nothing to prevent this
Trust in the Lord and pray you are no longer here when this takes place
The Lord made this earth and He will take it away. When Jesus comes with His Angels for those that believe, and we are gone, that will end the earth right then and there.
GOD IS IN CONTROL
The earth has been around 4.5billion years. Like all stars they eventually burn out.
If i were a film producer i would really make a lot of non fictions films,to show to the humanity of this planet earth that this planet is not capable to handel our mistakes,we reached the highest peak of education,economy and the usefull of the mother earth natures,in my childhood i experienced a lot of heavy typhoons ,earthquakes,as well some volcanoes eruption,sometimes with my childhood friends we were thingking maybe the end of the world was really close .now as adult ,i saw that this planet is really very close to make his response to all of us human being or bios(living things) on this planet ,no matter what the humans built in this planet ,the planet earth is gonna destroy that,as we saw in all calamities in the past years,why are we so dumb to accept that this planet earth is the only kern of our world,i was in the middle of the desert as well in the northern part of Norway, Iceland,in the alps ,in the equator,the Philippines,there were times i thought this planet is so beautiful and all what we need he has it all the necessities we need so that we may live,but we humans are so gier that has no happiness of enough,i do respect the indigenous,i believe these people are the only people may have a chance to live in this planet if something is going to happen in this planet to survive.
Technology and AL products and intelligence will effect this planet without human interactions,, There want be any emotions aspects in feeling, pain, happiness, Robots will take away jobs and interactions that people have with each other, and yes it will be a dying world.
Nuclear event will happen in a matter of time. The earth axis is titled a lot due to rising temperatures and rising oceans all over the world, the gravitation pull is very much effected , which will wake up volcanic’ activities, earthquakes and the like, which could ultimately effect or end the world as we know it especially Old Faithful.
The earth is becoming barren because there is no global cooperative effort to NOT use up all the earths resources , much of it is NOT being put back or much of the resources are not being reserved.
There is no model of take only what you need, leave for future generations.
Disband all nuclear weapons now.
YAAAAAHHH!!
Let me say that these events cannot end the world but may end human civilization as we know it now. And I strongly believe that humans today can deal with most of the listed events, by completely removing the threat or dealing with the consequences.
What will end our civilization is already on the move and is the lack of children in the world. I always asked myself why they are so many empty ancient cities in the world and where archeologists never found a trace of war or something brutal happened. Societies fell and people left, that what will happen to us, our civilization will end quietly and then natural catastrophes will end us once we can no more have the experiences or how to use the available means to defend ourselves. The human civilization will be reset, again.
I firmly believe that we stand on the precipice of a nuclear war, and humanity’s pervasive suffering will not go unaddressed. It is high time we stopped ignoring the injustices unfolding around us. The stark realities of inequality, hunger, homelessness, and unfair distribution of wealth are not just unfortunate circumstances, they are dangerous conditions that can ignite conflict on a catastrophic scale. We must act now to confront these pressing issues before they spiral out of control.
Nope. The most probable cause of failed civilisation and perhaps extinction of humanity is insatiable, unending human aggression. As more high tech weapons are created and deployed then byaccident or deliberately a conflagration may erupt and consume us. For continued survival we must control aggression but we cannot because our current and potential despots, dictators, politicians of all stripes seeking advantage and dominance will never agree on any effective means of restraining their own aggression and ambition. And so we remain counting seconds to doomsday and extinction. Cheers !
IMHO, asteroids, comets, solar flares and rogue black holes pose the biggest earth-killing threats.
The earths’ climate has been evolving since its formation. We hear all this talk about carbon footprint and how mankind is affecting it and causing global warming. Well, I have a couple of questions for those who believe this is what is really is happening? Do we breathe oxygen to survive? Do plants use carbon dioxide to convert it to oxygen? So, what will happen to the plants if they do not get enough carbon dioxide? Think about those two questions and let me know what the end result may be if we drastically reduce our carbon footprint?
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