Will our technological advancement as a species result in...

[M-50]

Us destroying ourselves (by making ourselves extinct)?

What do you think? Do you think we will destroy all human life on this planet before we get a chance to create habitats in space and on other planets? Or will we populate other planets and then destroy earth? I personally think that at the current way we are going we are going to make ourselves extinct unless we fix up.

[James Cizuz]

We already, bluntly put fucked the planet. The only way for us to survive in the long run is to conlinize space. We actually can not reverse what we did, only slow/stop it's progression and even that it's going to be a long time from now and the world will be even worse.

Like Steven Hawking said, our survival will depend on how early we conlinize other planets.

[Guy]

Yes, we will destroy ourselves with all the technologies. Because of technolgy, pollution has never been so bad before.

We can try to escape to other planets, but can we actually do that before Earth is destroyed? So far, not likely. Maybe a few groups of scientists can colonize other planets, but I doubt that will be enough to save humanity. So far, all the proof points to us being screwed, but it won't happen in any of our lifetime.

[Kyouka Suigetsu]

Technology is a double edged sword. Our lives are far better because of it, but we have put ourselves in a precarious position with its use due to our wasteful nature. While things may look bad now, I'm sure that science will provide the missing answers to our global problems. The environment probably won't get too hostile for human life until a couple generations have passed. This is more than enough time for our technology to catch up with our requirements for survival. Many will probably die but it's alright as long as humanity survives.

[Rihaku]

Read The First Immortal.

Nathan: But first, READ THE RULES. Short posts like this are not allowed.

[James Cizuz]

Yes, we will destroy ourselves with all the technologies. Because of technolgy, pollution has never been so bad before.
We can try to escape to other planets, but can we actually do that before Earth is destroyed? So far, not likely. Maybe a few groups of scientists can colonize other planets, but I doubt that will be enough to save humanity. So far, all the proof points to us being screwed, but it won't happen in any of our lifetime.
Actually with the advancment of technology polution has gotten better and better. However, a lot of the technology meant for making it better, have been not accepted in most countries for the simple reason that it either makes free energy(not free energy, but what I mean is say, windmills free energy in the sense it does not cost money or resources in the most part) and makes other companies lose money, or is not posible yet.

[M-50]

In answer to the statement ' can we actually do that before Earth is destroyed?' we have the ISS right now. Persons in the 1960's to 198's were thinking about building a 'home' halfway from earth to the moon because that is when gravity is at its lowest (dont ask me why) so it technically should be easy to do. But as u can see, 40 years later all we have is the ISS, (crap thing it is no offense considering i am an avid space dude) that does hardly anything but some experiments which are important. So if we are going to colonize space we need to buck up and start thinking normally.

[orochimaru7810]

the destruction of teh earth is inevitable so space colonization is needed for the human race in order to survive. i think weve already destroyed teh earth, we may still be living on it but over time no matter what we wont be able to live on the earth, pollution levels will never decrease as long as there are money hungry government ppl, and bascially polllution -> ozone desruction. We wont make ourselves extinct but instead as technology increases and we eventually colonize space well go from planet to planet destroying them as we have done to earth, so i see it as probly millions of yrs from now humans will be on some planet light yrs away learning what it was like to live on earth the home planet of humans which has been long gone. We humans have the instinct the survive and as long as we have that theres no way we can possible make ourselves extinct unless surviving means launching thousands of nukes all over the planet haha

[AmnesiaI]

If you consider that our technology cannot be stated as advanced 'technology' until the industrial revolution (huge estimate:around 1650-1800) that gives us about 300-400 years of advancement. Compare 300-400 years of technological advancement to a scale of what could be 1000-2000 years of 'real' technological advancement, we truly know nothing about science and nature.

Right now, from a mechanical sense of technology, (which seems a lot of people are addressing here with pollution, etc) the technology is very basic and has been based off of only 4-5 generations of human existence. We have almost reached the limits of efficiency in car engines and jet engines with the pollution factors being ~incredibly high compared to what we would like them at.

In my opinion, the understanding of quantum mechanics will lead us to being able to manipulate the smallest particles of nature, which in turn will allow us to produce ~100% efficient engines. Not only will our engines be 100% efficient, but some will be able to produce power from less than what is put in.

I believe the Earth is self sustaining, in the sense that if we reduce the pollution enough, the Earth will 'heal' itself eventually.

I don't believe advancing technologically will kill us off. If anything kills us off it will be war, or some other kind of human vs human situation.

[Vampyrelord]

I like where ur lookin at with this..but jus like i tell my bro..when he starts talking "GLOBAL WARMING"..WERE ALL GONNA DIE B4 THAT HAPPENS.

Can you read, or are you just ignoring me?

+10% warning

Seriously guys, don't make me delete all these little posts. It's a waste of everyone's time.

[M-50]

Right now, from a mechanical sense of technology, (which seems a lot of people are addressing here with pollution, etc) the technology is very basic and has been based off of only 4-5 generations of human existence. We have almost reached the limits of efficiency in car engines and jet engines with the pollution factors being ~incredibly high compared to what we would like them at.

In my opinion, the understanding of quantum mechanics will lead us to being able to manipulate the smallest particles of nature, which in turn will allow us to produce ~100% efficient engines. Not only will our engines be 100% efficient, but some will be able to produce power from less than what is put in.

I believe the Earth is self sustaining, in the sense that if we reduce the pollution enough, the Earth will 'heal' itself eventually.

I don't believe advancing technologically will kill us off. If anything kills us off it will be war, or some other kind of human vs human situation.
Ah but don't forget that the technology available to the public is at least about 10 years behind what the government and private sector have. So thinking in those terms, the public have mach three (I think) and the government has about mach six. Now in those terms we could be advanced enough to construct interstellar spacs ships. But will we, I think not because first the governments are cheap and will not fund anything for that, second we do not have anywhere to set up an off world base. Although NASA say they have a spot located on the moon.

[Vampyrelord]

Seriously guys, don't make me delete all these little posts, it's a waste of everyone's time.

we will find some way to survive...

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[M-50]

Come on people stop spamming the thread. If you have an opinion state it and then explain it with reasons.
Also another thing that you might like to know, we as humans have gone from cars to making trips to space for fun in just about 200 yearsof technological advancement. If the dark ages had not happened we would have already colonized space, many physicists and historians postulize.