Look Out! It's the Apocalypse!

[Tysyacha]

How will the world, as we know it, come to an end?

[Achilles]

I choose the final option because it most closely represents the predicted model. All life on this planet would most likely be dead and gone (the conditions necessary to support life having dissipated) long before the sun's final throes.

[Arcesious]

You didn't include every possible way. Bujt i voted on natural disasters. if you look att the international earthquake moniter, you can see that a lot of earthquakes are happening far off of the coast of california, in whatever oean is their- if porgot whether it was pacific or atlantic. These earthquakes appear to be signs of a much bigger one- one that coudl result in the earth's crust breakign liek an egg.

War will never destroy our world- it is more controlled than yuo may realize. Most goverments avoid using superweapons as much as they can now, partly because of the Internatioanl Treaty.

The other things- highly unlikely to happen anytime soon, especially the sun goign supernova. If anything, i'm a Christian- and i have certain beiefs that may not be fulyl scientific- but in the Book of revelation in the bible- in mentions a great earthquake will happen in the end tiems, and earth will be destoyed by fire, and then a new heaven and a new earth will come after that. but that is my belief- i don't care how scientifically unsound it is, so don't yell at me about it, and let's not turn thi sinto a conversation over religion.

The destyoed by fire thing in bible could caused by that of an enormous solar flare.

[SilentScope001]

Final option, FTW.

[mimartin]

If you are asking about the planets existence, I voted for the Sun going supernova. If it more about man existence Al Gore already said it will be man made disaster – global warming.

[Arcesious]

Csn i recast my vote for supernova somehow?

 

There's not a way to change votes once submitted. Sorry about that. --Jae

[Totenkopf]

Defining the world as the planet, I'd agree that the last option is the most likely. Had you said civilization, then perhaps #s 1 or 3.

[MdKnightR]

If you are asking about the planets existence, I voted for the Sun going supernova. If it more about man existence Al Gore already said it will be man made disaster – global warming.

 

Myth!

[Q]

Geek mode on.

 

Technically, the sun will never go supernova. It's not massive enough. It will most likely expand into a red giant and then contract into a dwarf star (red or white; I forget which) after it has expended most of it's hydrogen. It will, however, end all life on Earth when it does, so I guess that's close enough.

[Achilles]

(red or white; I forget which)

White

[Q]

^^^Thank you.

 

I voted supernova/(red giant) for the end of the Earth. Otherwise I agree with Death's Head that the most likely causes of Civilization's demise would be 1 or 3 or both (as war tends to breed pandemics).

[Char Ell]

What I've often found curious is how the word apocalypse came to mean the end of the world when it's Greek origins mean to uncover or reveal. I guess it has something to do with the Book of Revelation in the Bible's New Testament.

 

As to the question of how the world will end, if that means the world of mankind then I think it will be a combination of war and disease, exacerbated by a lack of essential resources. I don't think life as we know it will last until our sun burns out.

[MacTavish]

I picked the first option. Although there are going to be many wars to come, once the weapons technology becomes so advanced, that I think it could severely wound the human race. But it wont die completely, not until the sun goes nova, and that will be a while.

[tk102]

Where's the death by aliens choice? I thought this was a Star Wars forum.

 

Fixed just for you, tk.

[Sabretooth]

I pick shortage of resources, because I'm out of water and have to wait some five hours for the water to start flowing though my tap again. Simply put, the population is gonna keep growing, resources will be sucked out and looking at the pace of progress, I don't think humanity can invent a "Turn-off" switch yet.

 

Nuclear assault is possible, but unlikely. Disease is unlikely too and I don't believe that my good friend Sun will go supernova anytime soon.

 

So it's lack of resources for me. C'mon goddamned water, c'mon!

[Arcesious]

Earth can sustain itslef as long as humanity does not expand over earth to far. The trees and palnts create oxygen, grwo rpidly, and provide much sustainance. the animals multipy qute fast also, but must be keep under check so we don't wipe out a vital species. Global warming might actually be a good thing too- more water! I don't care about global warming- as i live in colorado! far, far, away from the oceans. lolz, but i'm not completely stupid, as i was joking about the global warming thing. as i said once before- the internatioanl treaty prevents use any weapon that can harm the world itself badly.

 

My sig may destroy the world though...

[mimartin]

Myth!

How can you say that? Remember he is the inventor of the internet. He knows all our secrets. Al Gore can do anything (except beat Bush in an election, wait he even did that).

[Ray Jones]

The only option really making sense is the sun goes supernova or something, because THAT would actually end the existence of the solar system. The world won't "end" because of a flood or diseases.

[Dagobahn Eagle]

Please, define your question a bit better. What I dislike about threads such as this is that 'the end of the world' is very vague and varies in definition from person to person. Are you talking about the end of global civilization, the extinction of mankind, the destruction of the Earth, or the end of the universe?

 

If you mean the extinction of humanity, it could be any of the above. A catastrophic war, a pandemic, a horrific climate catastrophe far greater than what we're seeing now, the Sun failing us, an asteroid hitting Earth. It could be anything. It'll probably be a combination of them, though, for example if a climate crisis causes shortage of resources and horrific wars while it destroys us.

 

Myth!

I see your reply and up you a Marcus Brickstone.

 

No, anthropogenic global warming won't destroy us as a species. We'll fight it long before it does, we already are, in fact. And even if we didn't, it'd take it a long time to do so. But that's not to say AGW isn't real or dangerous, 'alarmism' aside.

[SilentScope001]

The best bet? The human race grows into an uber-powerful race that is immortal and all-mighty...

 

And then it just grows so bored that it kills itself. The End.

[PoiuyWired]

OP failed to mention other possabilities, like demolitioned to make way for a transgalactic highway.

[Dagobahn Eagle]

Oh! Oh! Oh! Humanity evolves into another species! Yeah. The end.

 

Sounds plausible, now that you say so.

[Arcesious]

Huanity could also juast go poof any second into a black hole that could come out of nowhere at any time...

[Jae Onasi]

Friendly moderator note: If this thread gets ultra-spammy, as opposed to just amusingly quirky, it'll get closed. Feel free to enjoy the amusing comments, but don't post totally whacked responses, please.

[Qui-Gon Glenn]

I also disliked the ambiguity of the question, but will attempt a two fold answer briefly.

 

1. The planet "Earth" will be here until some galactic event destroys it (collision, ). So for the actual planets end, I choose the ammended Achilles/Qliveur nova.

 

2. People call this planet "Earth" "the world" "terra firma" etc... names created by human minds. Without human minds, those words have no meaning, thus the end of "the world"... "the world" ends when we do, although a floating rock in space remains.

 

This will occur IMO due to natural disaster/calamity. Fire and brimstone stuff, although I don't believe any deity is causing it to occur