Thanos wrote:
Objectively-speaking, thanks almost entirely to scientific advances and unprecedented levels of pan-global co-operation on almost all issues, the human race is in a far better position to prevent any earth-shattering crisis that we've ever been. War is becoming uncommon in frequency. Epidemic diseases have been contained or eliminated altogether. The global food supply is strong and able to feed more people than at any other time in history. Access to meaningful education for innumerable people is more widespread than it's ever been. Troublemakers like North Korea, Iran, and terrorist groups are increasingly isolated and pounced upon without mercy (witness Saddam, Milosevic, and Ghaddafi as the prime examples) when they go too far in their megalomania.
The end of the world isn't going to happen, at least not in the lifetime of anyone hanging around this discussion board. Saying it is is the province of irresponsible cretins who have a vested interest. TV ratings for the wildly-misnamed "History" channel. Fleecing of the flock of dunderheads who follow religious charlatans. Egomaniacs of the David Suzuki/Al Gore variety who only know how to use fear to get their point across. Politicians like the bastards in the GOP who have no choice but to go all apocalyptical in their ravings just so they can get re-elected on the votes of the easily-terrified. Odious filmakers like Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich who use massively expensive SFX to cover up their inability to write a passable story of create non-cardboard-cutout characters.
The Cuban missile crisis was as close as we ever got to Armageddon. There's no military or political impetus out there right now that could even remotely push us that close to the brink again. Nah, it's actually not that bad of a world right now. People who think it is should go outside and turn off the TV and computer for a while. And for God's sake quit listening to these trolls who keep making this stuff up just so they can make money through scaring you.
Actually, there is a fair amount of data that shows we
could be the recipients of some nice MCEs in 2012-2013. Considering it happened 3 times in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the effect wasn't as noticeable but, all telegraph lines were fried as a result.
Today, everything is electronic. Money, cars, economy..everything. A similar event today would completely shut down society as we know it. Millions if not billions of tonnes of food would go bad in a short time. No more automotive transportation, no more communications. Certainly not an ELE but the forced change would be far from a smooth transition.
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