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Which way out?

Started by Grinning_Colossus, June 07, 2020, 02:58:39 AM

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Which way out?

Pandemic
1 (6.7%)
MAD nuclear exchange
1 (6.7%)
Hostile AI
1 (6.7%)
Global warming
6 (40%)
Dark forest strike
1 (6.7%)
Nanobots
0 (0%)
Bolide impact
0 (0%)
Gamma ray burst
0 (0%)
Flood basalt/supervolcano
2 (13.3%)
Peak everything
1 (6.7%)
Population bust
0 (0%)
False vacuum decay
1 (6.7%)
Other (be creative)
1 (6.7%)

Total Members Voted: 14

Grinning_Colossus

Quis futuit ipsos fututores?

Grinning_Colossus

I suppose I should have included 'Simulation shut down.'  :hmm:
Quis futuit ipsos fututores?

celedhring


Monoriu

I think global warming, pandemic and hostile AI are the three most likely scenarios.  Global warming is only a matter of time.  So is the next pandemic.  I am less sure about hostile AI but I won't be surprised if it happens.

Of these three, I think global warming is the most dangerous or most hopeless.  There exists the political will to combat a pandemic.  It is more of a scientific problem than a political problem.  The same goes for hostile AI.  People will agree that it is a problem worth solving.

Global warming is hopeless.  By the time there is a political will to do something about it, the point of no return would have been reached a long time ago. 

Eddie Teach

Global warming is happening, but is unlikely to end civilization. Neither would a nuclear exchange, I think.

Anyway, I voted "peak everything", since I'm sure we'll eventually run out of something.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Zanza

Unlike the rest which are just very small risks at this time, global warming is a certainty short of gigantic changes in human behaviour.

FunkMonk

Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on June 07, 2020, 03:04:24 AM
I suppose I should have included 'Simulation shut down.'  :hmm:

That's okay. You included it in the other infinite number of simulations.  :D
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Barrister

I'm voting for the Sweet Meteor of Death.  :cool:
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