How do you think humans will go extinct?

[Gl1tch3d G1rl]

We all know humans will go extinct one day, but how do you believe it'll happen?
Btw, you can pick multiple if you're tied between several :)

 

[mysticatedwine]

climate change and war, i'd say? whichever one leaves us weak enough to be beaten by other species. i think we can call it "evolution" in a way.

a lot of species (like certain bugs) can easily live through all the things human have put this earth thru, without needing to worry about the sea rising or an eventual atomic war. mad respect for bugs, would love to be an ant or a snail in my next life (assuming there's something like this)

 

[leloyon]

No one talking about the giant spider? Just me? Okay, I see how it is.

climate change and war, i'd say? whichever one leaves us weak enough to be beaten by other species. i think we can call it "evolution" in a way.

a lot of species (like certain bugs) can easily live through all the things human have put this earth thru, without needing to worry about the sea rising or an eventual atomic war. mad respect for bugs, would love to be an ant or a snail in my next life (assuming there's something like this)

I wanna be a crab.

 

[lost_one]

War, war never changes...

 

[Pluto]

 

[Gl1tch3d G1rl]

climate change and war, i'd say? whichever one leaves us weak enough to be beaten by other species. i think we can call it "evolution" in a way.

a lot of species (like certain bugs) can easily live through all the things human have put this earth thru, without needing to worry about the sea rising or an eventual atomic war. mad respect for bugs, would love to be an ant or a snail in my next life (assuming there's something like this)

Honestly I don't doubth there'll be life on earth again after humans go extinct, although I hope there won't be intelligent life coz as we all have witnessed at this point, it'll never end well! >_<

 

[dead dav]

The earth will be better without humans

 

[twilightSparriw]

I wonder… if one expects human life on earth will be going extinct in let's say not too many years from now… is that sort of a comfort or another fear to live with in CTB perspective…

 

[dead dav]

I think we are on the verge of ww3

 

[niceday]

It seems to me that we will simply disappear due to merging with technology.

 

[GlassMoon]

I think we'll either go down due to crops failing due to climate change. Or we distract ourselves so much with technology that we'll be unable to work at some point. Ironic that I say this while spending time playing a counting game instead of studying :-)

 

[mysticatedwine]

No one talking about the giant spider? Just me? Okay, I see how it is.

I wanna be a crab.

yay!!!

 

[platypus77]

Extinction by politicians.

Climate change? Pollution? Politics.
Dangerous tech? AI? Economic collapse? Politics.
War? Politics by non-diplomatic means.
Meteorite, Sun explosion... God isn't that good...

 

[Kbeau]

The earth will be better without humans

Without a doubt

 

[MiraiShisen]

If we by any chance wont use Atomic weapons then probably Pollution with Climate change, if we, by some miracle, manage to overcome this obstacle, then meteorite. But it looks like we will speedrun this shit with Atomic Bombs

 

[The_Hunter]

Extinction by politicians.

Maybe you'll
be President
but know right
from wrong

—Sail to the Moon. (Radiohead)

It seems to me that we will simply disappear due to merging with technology.

ship-of-Theseus type shit (fr tho, fascinating idea)

 

[platypus77]

ship-of-Theseus type shit (fr tho, fascinating idea)

Nice connection you've made here. We have already completely replaced ourselves many times. Now the "merging with technology", ghost in the shell type of thing is still considered extinction?

If we by any chance wont use Atomic weapons then probably Pollution with Climate change, if we, by some miracle, manage to overcome this obstacle, then meteorite. But it looks like we will speedrun this shit with Atomic Bombs

Don't think it's gonna happen. Weapons like these aren't built to be used in the material sense, it's all a psychological game.

If we ever get to this point, will be humanity claiming the ultimate Darwin Awards.

 

[dead dav]

Without a doubt

I thin, we should have a euthanasia system we're you can freely no questions asked be put down

 

[Anne Alias]

The beasts.
or, y'know, nuclear war caused by some orange fuck with an itchy trigger finger or global warming. but I choose to believe in the beasts.

 

[ThatGuyOverThere]

WW3 will start and nuclear bombs will cause all of the cities hit to turn to ash and smog which will cover the planet causing a nuclear winter starving billions of people, and then the old ozone layer will be destroyed by the new nuclear one, so that once the nuclear one dissipates we'll have a nuclear summer that will be worse that than even the worst estimates of climate change and will finish of all the exiting humans that survived the nuclear winter.

Or at least that seems the most plausible, maybe second only to climate change, or the gradual decline in birth-rates, cause an irreversible collapse of all economy functions.

But who knows?

 

[Yume Nikki]

Mine may sound a little silly, but I'm wondering if there is the possibility of a mad scientist/doctor who might create a virus in an attempt to wipe out humankind.

 

[Gamelle]

I don't think humans will ever go extinct.I think even a small remnant of humans will be around until a meteor takes the earth out or the sun explodes. We're a resilient species.

 

[Forveleth]

We will either run out of food/water because we have destroyed the planet's climate or some disease.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

I don't think humans will ever go extinct.I think even a small remnant of humans will be around until a meteor takes the earth out or the sun explodes. We're a resilient species.

Aren't you kind of contradicting yourself there? You can't claim that our species will never go extinct while simulating suggesting that we will be around until some sort of big event happens, wiping our species out...

 

[bobblong]

Heat death , about 85% probability.

Heat death of the universe - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Shadows From Hell]

I go with either starvation and/or dehydration, or atomic bomb.

Climate change has been happening for centuries and everyone has adapted.

Pollution, if it's atomic waste, then maybe. If you're talking about garbage, then no.

 

[Gamelle]

Aren't you kind of contradicting yourself there? You can't claim that our species will never go extinct while simulating suggesting that we will be around until some sort of big event happens, wiping our species out...

Oh good lord, forget the post then. I was just shooting the breeze, not trying to be scientific in case somebody decided to be condescending/annoying.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Oh good lord, forget the post then. I was just shooting the breeze, not trying to be scientific in case somebody decided to be condescending/annoying.

Why are you getting so offended?

 

[DivineSpark]

climate change, pollution, overfishing etc

 

[InversedShadow]

It's really possible humans will just eliminate each other out of this universe, so a mysterious op technology seems like a great option to pick. Other than that, humans are one of the most resistant species on earth, so I bet that they will figure something out facing climate changes, pollution and all.
Meteorite option is the most unlike one, as the poll rn says, or maybe we just underappreciate big, high speed rocks lmao.
Evolution is like... an option I wouldnt bet on either, altho seems curious enough to think about, if the mechanism that theorethically improves survival for many animals, makes them adapt could make us go extinct, just as we can adapt to a lack of resources to consume
AI optioon is quite trendy nowadays, and there's no doubt, if machines were to go guerilla it would ttake us by surprise and ruin many lifes in the society, the more we rely on that the more it would hurt, especially when we think aboutt like giving it intelligence/learning mechanisms. Luckily machines aren't like from the movies yet, so we are fine! and if they were.. maybe bettter to get an anti-robot gun sooner than later lmao!
and the Other option.. yes.. the Alien Invasion, or a Religion being right and the Doom days really happening, that would be something!