Stephen Hawking on human extinction

Discussion in 'Politics' started by futurecurrents, Jan 8, 2012.

  1. Ricter

    Ricter

    But more importantly, it does not matter, because either way, melting ice is bad.

    Btw, before I forget, I agree with 377 (?) about "extinction? naw". Should there be a general crop failure due to drought and heat exhaustion, or due to cooling, many will perish, but it's very doubtful all humans would.
     
    #191     Jan 12, 2012
  2. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    The climate fluctuates. Always has. Even BEFORE man had any influence on it.
     
    #192     Jan 12, 2012
  3. Yes it does matter. Despite the fact that too much melting ice is bad either way. Because it's yet another example of how people will ignorantly form and stubbornly cling to opinions on issues they don't understand.
    Here's what you wrote yesterday. How's that looking today?
     
    #193     Jan 12, 2012
  4. Ricter

    Ricter

    It looks like an error. It happens.

    I still take satisfaction from the progress we've made on this forum over the past, what, 14 months? We've moved from, "there is no warming" to "there's warming, but Man is not much responsible for it". Good news indeed.
     
    #194     Jan 12, 2012
  5. pspr

    pspr

    Maybe Ricter would like to read about ocean currents. Here is a good article. Skip down to the "deep water currents" section to learn about how the salianation can effect the north american current.

    http://essayweb.net/geology/quicknotes/ocean_currents.shtml

    and here

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutdown_of_thermohaline_circulation
     
    #195     Jan 12, 2012
  6. You're still missing my point (or trolling) because your wording implies you think your opinions are more than just that, especially in light of how uninformed they can be (e.g. "it's laughable to say 'we're in danger of a new ice age'. Particularly in light of what we know, the world is warming--ice doesn't lie.").
     
    #196     Jan 12, 2012
  7. Ricter

    Ricter

    #197     Jan 12, 2012
  8. http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl18.htm
    Here is a short article I found about the end of the world happening in the next few years. 2011 was also the year of the Rapture and other ends-of-the-world that as we well know, never materialised. I think the end of the world would come about through something that noone envisages, having said that, its wrong to be totally unconcerned in very obvious environmental changes.
     
    #198     Jan 13, 2012
  9. pspr

    pspr

    Not really. There hasn't been any warming since 1998. 14 years. It's a FACT.
     
    #199     Jan 13, 2012