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Most probable Extinction event?

Poll: Most likely cause of our extinction?
This poll is closed.
huge ass asteroid go boom with earth!
27.78%
 5 27.78%
death by war (and everything that entails)
16.67%
 3 16.67%
virus/bacteria
5.56%
 1 5.56%
unforseen GM byproduct (eg: sterility, etc)
0%
 0 0%
other natural or manmade environmental catastrophe
33.33%
 6 33.33%
Other? god? VR sim turned off?
11.11%
 2 11.11%
I fucking hate polls! Fuck Off!
5.56%
 1 5.56%
Total 18 vote(s) 100%
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Most probable Extinction event?
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#21
RE: Most probable Extinction event?
July 25, 2015 at 4:25 pm
(July 25, 2015 at 1:28 pm)KUSA Wrote: Our species will survive to the end of time. Technology will allow our descendants to prevail.

but what if technology itself is our doom, terminator FTW Big Grin
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#22
RE: Most probable Extinction event?
July 25, 2015 at 9:00 pm
One of our resident theists taking a puncture wound to the head and our entire atmosphere rushing into the vacuum would do the trick.
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Most probable Extinction event?
July 25, 2015 at 10:21 pm
(July 25, 2015 at 4:25 pm)Marsellus Wallace Wrote:
(July 25, 2015 at 1:28 pm)KUSA Wrote: Our species will survive to the end of time. Technology will allow our descendants to prevail.

but what if technology itself is our doom, terminator FTW Big Grin

It won't happen because the movie gave us a heads up on it.
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#24
RE: Most probable Extinction event?
July 25, 2015 at 10:29 pm
Other environmental catastrophe-

It's always something unexpected.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? Huh
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#25
RE: Most probable Extinction event?
July 26, 2015 at 12:39 am
Zombie apocalypse, duh.
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RE: Most probable Extinction event?
July 26, 2015 at 2:13 am
white walkers and dragons.
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#27
RE: Most probable Extinction event?
July 26, 2015 at 2:33 am (This post was last modified: July 26, 2015 at 2:33 am by Paraselene.)
You left out the sun going supernova.
"What a little moonlight can do." ~ Billie Holiday
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RE: Most probable Extinction event?
July 26, 2015 at 6:14 am
(July 26, 2015 at 2:33 am)Kitan Wrote: You left out the sun going supernova.

that is inevitable.
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RE: Most probable Extinction event?
July 26, 2015 at 6:20 am (This post was last modified: July 26, 2015 at 6:21 am by Longhorn.)
Guys, guys. It's aliens. Duh.
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