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Posted: 10/28/2010 9:58:53 AM EDT
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About two generations into obamacare.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 9:59:02 AM EDT
[#2]
We already are, we just don't know it yet.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 9:59:11 AM EDT
[#3]
87 years
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:01:11 AM EDT
[#4]
Not for a very long time.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:04:02 AM EDT
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Quoted: Not for a very long time. While it's all well and good to say this, a meteor strike of only 2Mi in diameter (a relatively mediocre sized one) would cause the extinction of every life form on the planet that required photosynthesis and or survived as a product of photosynthesis. We could all die tomorrow, or we may not see a meteor strike for millenia. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:05:01 AM EDT
[#6]
when the last one dies.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:07:10 AM EDT
[#7]
2:14 Eastern Time Aug. 29 1997. Oh wait Arnold must have been wrong!
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:10:42 AM EDT
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Not for a very long time. While it's all well and good to say this, a meteor strike of only 2Mi in diameter (a relatively mediocre sized one) would cause the extinction of every life form on the planet that required photosynthesis and or survived as a product of photosynthesis. We could all die tomorrow, or we may not see a meteor strike for millenia. When has all photosynthesizing life on earth ever been wiped out by anything? There have a few mass extinctions of unknown cause, but that is something different. Humans are just getting started, and there has not yet been such a successful adapter. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:10:53 AM EDT
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Typical mammal species survive for about 2 million years and then go extinct, typically a cousin species takes over the nitch. There are always exceptions.
The round faced bear lived in some for or another for about 10 million years. It became extint during the last ice age. Modern brown bears and black bears migrated to north america some 700,000 years ago. Brown bears are and endangered species and may not survive. Black bears are thriving better than ever and will likely continue to thrive no matter how conditions change. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:12:52 AM EDT
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Typical mammal species survive for about 2 million years and then go extinct, typically a cousin species takes over the nitch. There are always exceptions. The round faced bear lived in some for or another for about 10 million years. It became extint during the last ice age. Modern brown bears and black bears migrated to north america some 700,000 years ago. Brown bears are and endangered species and may not survive. Black bears are thriving better than ever and will likely continue to thrive no matter how conditions change. If you mean short-faced bears, nobody knows why they went extinct. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:16:48 AM EDT
[#11]
2027.......
Just saw this last night, was a decent film 
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:21:05 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Not for a very long time. While it's all well and good to say this, a meteor strike of only 2Mi in diameter (a relatively mediocre sized one) would cause the extinction of every life form on the planet that required photosynthesis and or survived as a product of photosynthesis. We could all die tomorrow, or we may not see a meteor strike for millenia. When has all photosynthesizing life on earth ever been wiped out by anything? There have a few mass extinctions of unknown cause, but that is something different. Humans are just getting started, and there has not yet been such a successful adapter. On the whole, when the dinosaurs went extinct, it's hypothesized that a very large meteor struck the earth which threw up a dust plume that blocked the sun out for years. Add to this ash buildup from erupting volcanoes due to the impact, then you have a nuclear winter scenario. Such an event will almost surely kill off mankind due primarily to starvation, disease and the elements. Many scientists have hypothesized that photosynthesis globally actually ceased. How it was restarted I have no idea, but here's an interesting and brief read on the subject. http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1883 |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:22:55 AM EDT
[#13]
Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:26:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:43:50 AM EDT
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Not for a very long time. While it's all well and good to say this, a meteor strike of only 2Mi in diameter (a relatively mediocre sized one) would cause the extinction of every life form on the planet that required photosynthesis and or survived as a product of photosynthesis. We could all die tomorrow, or we may not see a meteor strike for millenia. When has all photosynthesizing life on earth ever been wiped out by anything? There have a few mass extinctions of unknown cause, but that is something different. Humans are just getting started, and there has not yet been such a successful adapter. On the whole, when the dinosaurs went extinct, it's hypothesized that a very large meteor struck the earth which threw up a dust plume that blocked the sun out for years. Add to this ash buildup from erupting volcanoes due to the impact, then you have a nuclear winter scenario. Such an event will almost surely kill off mankind due primarily to starvation, disease and the elements. Many scientists have hypothesized that photosynthesis globally actually ceased. How it was restarted I have no idea, but here's an interesting and brief read on the subject. http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1883 I am familiar with all the recent doom and gloom hypotheses. Nobody knows why all the species went extinct when they did, and equally perplexing, why so many did not go extinct. If photosynthesis ceased, then why are there still living relatives of many of the plants that were around prior to that? |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:46:13 AM EDT
[#16]
Sooner than most think.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:52:00 AM EDT
[#17]
2012, unless November 3rd hastens the inevitable.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:56:31 AM EDT
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The decedents of our species may well survive until the heat death of the universe. But humanity won’t last much longer.
We are finding ways to manipulate and control our own genetic code. We are also finding ways to integrate ourselves into machines and computers. If this trend continues then humans won’t likely be recognizable as human a thousand years from now. We will have effectively become a new species. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:56:32 AM EDT
[#19]
A Tuesday.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 11:03:43 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Not for a very long time. While it's all well and good to say this, a meteor strike of only 2Mi in diameter (a relatively mediocre sized one) would cause the extinction of every life form on the planet that required photosynthesis and or survived as a product of photosynthesis. We could all die tomorrow, or we may not see a meteor strike for millenia. When has all photosynthesizing life on earth ever been wiped out by anything? There have a few mass extinctions of unknown cause, but that is something different. Humans are just getting started, and there has not yet been such a successful adapter. On the whole, when the dinosaurs went extinct, it's hypothesized that a very large meteor struck the earth which threw up a dust plume that blocked the sun out for years. Add to this ash buildup from erupting volcanoes due to the impact, then you have a nuclear winter scenario. Such an event will almost surely kill off mankind due primarily to starvation, disease and the elements. Many scientists have hypothesized that photosynthesis globally actually ceased. How it was restarted I have no idea, but here's an interesting and brief read on the subject. http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1883 I am familiar with all the recent doom and gloom hypotheses. Nobody knows why all the species went extinct when they did, and equally perplexing, why so many did not go extinct. If photosynthesis ceased, then why are there still living relatives of many of the plants that were around prior to that? I've no idea honestly and I don't think anyone does. The above is my hypothesis that I hope is never proven  |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 11:04:48 AM EDT
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Unless science/engineering comes up with the necessary technology to ensure our existence, I don't see us getting to far beyond another 1,000 yrs.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 11:07:00 AM EDT
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If a giant rock doesn't kill us all before we can move out of the solar system, i'd guess a few billion years.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 11:07:48 AM EDT
[#23]
Poll fail:
no option of "not soon enough" |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 11:10:14 AM EDT
[#24]
In December 2012, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will hurl a large comet from the sky the size of Texas piloted by Al-Qaeda aimed directly at Israel = end of the world.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 11:11:48 AM EDT
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Humans are very adaptable. For instance, we evolved in a time when the earth was warm but yet survived during the ice age.
Our intelligence will serve us well for adaptability. We can live almost any place on earth while most other species are confined to smaller areas. At least a few of us will be around for a long time barring a major event but “a long time” is not forever. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 11:31:00 AM EDT
[#26]
If the human race evolves enough and leaves this planet spreading throughout the universe, then never.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 11:37:03 AM EDT
[#27]
there is no "god I hope so" option..
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Posted: 10/28/2010 11:42:28 AM EDT
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If the human race evolves enough and leaves this planet spreading throughout the universe, then never. Not physically possible. Entropy will eventually increase to maximum. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 11:56:49 AM EDT
[#29]
Humans will never go extinct we are too adaptable. We are the universe's virus we will eventually move out from earth and begin the domination of all other systems and planets. Humans are the demons of the universe that all other life forms will eventually come to fear. We are the future of the universe.
This is our destiny to be the conquers of the universe. Our species is one of violence, war and domination thus we are the universes perfect weapons. Human history is dominated by our endless need for war. We have been at war since our very birth. That is what makes humanity special we are the warrior race. Be not ashamed be proud of our ability to crush, kill and destroy. Long live humanity, long live our forever war. God bless us in our holy crusade to crush the heathens of the universe for the glory of gods creation HUMANITY |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 11:58:00 AM EDT
[#30]
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If the human race evolves enough and leaves this planet spreading throughout the universe, then never. Not physically possible. Entropy will eventually increase to maximum. Who is to say that the human race cannot one day control and fully understand thermodynamics? Will we be the same species at that point? Probably not, but that is what evolution does afterall. I gotta be an optimist. My first thought was to post Aenima by Tool. 
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Posted: 10/28/2010 11:58:29 AM EDT
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when the last one dies. This. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 12:05:07 PM EDT
[#32]
I'm guessing that humans will go extinct once the last human dies.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 12:12:25 PM EDT
[#33]
I like puppies.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 12:15:20 PM EDT
[#34]
Terrible poll, doesn't even allow for a 'never' answer, already betrayed by the OP's use of 'WHEN' in the title.
The base premise is wrong. We're a helluva lot more capable than the animals that 'go extinct'. The OPs question utterly ignores that, thus equating humanity with animals. It's a very leftist viewpoint (whether he's aware of it or not), holding that we are not of any importance, deserve no special consideration, incapable of any great / worthy achievement or future. Just march along to the showers / ovens / abattoir, you sheep. Forget those crazy ideas about having any greater purpose or worth. Practically reeks of emo / nihilism. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 12:19:25 PM EDT
[#35]
Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: If the human race evolves enough and leaves this planet spreading throughout the universe, then never. Not physically possible. Entropy will eventually increase to maximum. Who is to say that the human race cannot one day control and fully understand thermodynamics? Will we be the same species at that point? Probably not, but that is what evolution does afterall. I gotta be an optimist. My first thought was to post Aenima by Tool. Once all the stars burn out there will be no energy for us to live on. Like it or not, even if humans learn to travel intergalactic space, eventually the universe will end and we'll die. For a living species there is no such thing as immortality, no matter how damned smart you are. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 12:20:20 PM EDT
[#36]
In the year 2525
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Posted: 10/28/2010 12:25:08 PM EDT
[#37]
Approximately when the fat lady sings. Obviously.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 12:41:18 PM EDT
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I have faith the human race will survive and spread through our galaxy with the aid of technology. Humans are explorers. We love to discover.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 12:53:53 PM EDT
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Quoted: If photosynthesis ceased, then why are there still living relatives of many of the plants that were around prior to that? Seeds? |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 12:54:40 PM EDT
[#40]
NO
I know I wont |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 12:59:33 PM EDT
[#41]
right after the thermonuclear war set off by some third world shithole that gets it's hands on some nukes.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 1:03:40 PM EDT
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If the human race evolves enough and leaves this planet spreading throughout the universe, then never. Not physically possible. Entropy will eventually increase to maximum. Who is to say that the human race cannot one day control and fully understand thermodynamics? Will we be the same species at that point? Probably not, but that is what evolution does afterall. I gotta be an optimist. My first thought was to post Aenima by Tool. Once all the stars burn out there will be no energy for us to live on. Like it or not, even if humans learn to travel intergalactic space, eventually the universe will end and we'll die. For a living species there is no such thing as immortality, no matter how damned smart you are.
Damn dude... You're like, killing my buzz. Multiverse FTW! 
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Posted: 10/28/2010 1:09:33 PM EDT
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Whenever it is I sure hope they give me some notice, I have a library book coming close to being overdue.
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Posted: 10/28/2010 1:11:02 PM EDT
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If photosynthesis ceased, then why are there still living relatives of many of the plants that were around prior to that? Seeds? Possible. There just isn't all that much compelling evidence for these "huge disaster" hypotheses for extinctions. While there is good evidence that a meteor hit Earth at that time (one big enough to do some serious damage), most of the rest is story telling and stacking hypotheses to reach conclusions. The one for the extinction of ice age megafauna is particularly bad. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 1:12:28 PM EDT
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The decedents of our species may well survive until the heat death of the universe. But humanity won’t last much longer. We are finding ways to manipulate and control our own genetic code. We are also finding ways to integrate ourselves into machines and computers. If this trend continues then humans won’t likely be recognizable as human a thousand years from now. We will have effectively become a new species. When man creates man from earth (dirt), then God will intervene. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 1:17:12 PM EDT
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Humans will never go extinct we are too adaptable. We are the universe's virus we will eventually move out from earth and begin the domination of all other systems and planets. Humans are the demons of the universe that all other life forms will eventually come to fear. We are the future of the universe. This is our destiny to be the conquers of the universe. Our species is one of violence, war and domination thus we are the universes perfect weapons. Human history is dominated by our endless need for war. We have been at war since our very birth. That is what makes humanity special we are the warrior race. Be not ashamed be proud of our ability to crush, kill and destroy. Long live humanity, long live our forever war. God bless us in our holy crusade to crush the heathens of the universe for the glory of gods creation HUMANITY Yikes. 
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Posted: 10/28/2010 1:19:45 PM EDT
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When it happens it'll be an unexpected bolt out of the blue; most likely a pandemic of some sort.
Maybe in a hundred thousand years, maybe tomorrow. Unless we spread our species beyond the confines of this planet first. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 1:27:05 PM EDT
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When it happens it'll be an unexpected bolt out of the blue; most likely a pandemic of some sort. Maybe in a hundred thousand years, maybe tomorrow. Unless we spread our species beyond the confines of this planet first. Maybe we are the expansion of humans.  
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Posted: 10/28/2010 1:30:15 PM EDT
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Quoted: When it happens it'll be an unexpected bolt out of the blue; most likely a pandemic of some sort. Maybe in a hundred thousand years, maybe tomorrow. Unless we spread our species beyond the confines of this planet first. A pandemic will not cause the extinction of the human race. Maybe back when there was only a couple thousand of us living on the planet...not now. Anything short of a severe asteroid hit or other global catastrophe that has serious impacts on the climate will not be able to take us ALL out. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 1:32:37 PM EDT
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I have faith the human race will survive and spread through our galaxy with the aid of technology. Humans are explorers. We love to discover. It also pays!
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