Very sweet video

I think the real concern is that due to technology, we'll hit that equilibrium point far sooner than we realize and by the time we do, we'll be in lol...a world of shit. :p

Naw, the concern is that we're gonna shoot up far past the equilibrium point

Yeah, that's what I mean

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Well, if its any consolation, it is extremely unlikely we will utterly destroy the earth. Even our most powerful weapons, all detonated at once, can't do that. Worse case is that we make it completely unlivable for ourselves and we die off as a species. But some life will remain & will fill the niche we leave behind. Its happened before. Remember the earth grows in terms of millions of years, and we are an incredibly young species by that reckoning. The dinosaurs existed much, much longer than we have, tho ppl forget that fact while discussing our 'superiority'. :surprised

There's a great timeline graph that illustrates the existence of humans as a fraction of the earth's total age (and other species). Its quite sobering to view it from that perspective (we are a mere sliver). I'll try to find it (unless someone else finds it first).

Yeah I know all about that.

I just watched a program on National Geographic not more than a week ago talking about how the earth will be fine. Even if we complete deplete all natural resources and exterminate all other species (except the cockroach of course) that life will find a way. They also talked about even if every nuclear weapon went off at once the earth would be alright.

The earth will be fine, we on the other hand will not.

That's more what I was focusing on... the fact that we are bringing our own demise onto ourselves.

Well, if we are lemmings running towards a cliff, Tone, I just hope there's a few of us that can fly when we leap off. Huzzah for manned spaceflight, is all I can say.

But, from the perspective of life on earth, its really 'shrug', I'm afraid. DNA will keep on dividing and spreading, thru us or not.