• Question: what is the most likely reason that humanity will go exctinct ?

    Asked by anon-234357 to Phill, Liam, Kohinoor, Karolina, Jack, Debbie on 14 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Liam Wignall

      Liam Wignall answered on 14 Nov 2019:

      A big question for a social scientist! Probably due to a lack of human resources with an ever increasing population and global warming impacting on food production.

    • Photo: Debbie Kinsey

      Debbie Kinsey answered on 14 Nov 2019:

      I’m not sure actually! Maybe if we don’t start seriously addressing climate change and our impact on the environment – and so all the problems to do with that like harsher weather, less food, less resources, and and a hugely disrupted ecosystem.

    • Photo: Jack Joyce

      Jack Joyce answered on 21 Nov 2019:

      It could be any number of reasons — eventually the sun will die so that will certain make the earth uninhabitable (if we haven’t left by then!), and eventually the universe will end so that will also make us go extinct.

      In the “shorter” term — it could be climate change, or a planetary disaster like an asteroid.

      Humans are tenacious so I expect us to be around for a little while, so long as we can get over our differences.

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