Viggen Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Humans are undoubtedly the most dominant species the Earth has ever known. In just a few thousand years we have swallowed up more than a third of the planet's land for our cities, farmland and pastures. By some estimates, we now commandeer 40 per cent of all its productivity.... Now just suppose they got their wish. Imagine that all the people on Earth - all 6.5 billion of us and counting - could be spirited away tomorrow, transported to a re-education camp in a far-off galaxy. interesting article at the New Scientist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil61 Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Fascinating article. A bit chilling as well when you realize how fleeting our impact is, except for the extinctions we've caused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Fascinating article. A bit chilling as well when you realize how fleeting our impact is, except for the extinctions we've caused. Fleeting perhaps with our current ways of living, but if we put our minds to destruction, we could annihilate the ecosystem, probably destory all life but bacteria and insects with just a portion of the still yet uncommissioned world nuclear arsonal. T-Rex aint got nothin on that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 I wonder what the next intelligent species would think when they dig up a fossilised artifact of our own time? I am imagine it would be something humdrum like a water-bottle or something instead of something impressive. Even so that water-bottle would be seen as something incredibly significant and scholars would claim that it was a religious offering or an object of significant wealth to our own period or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochus of Seleucia Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Excellent article! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 If I imagined earth without people, I'd have to imagine it without myself. Without myself, I wouldn't be here to imagine it in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 We know how well some roman artifacts survived despite the fact that they were hand made and not mass produced. And so many nuclear plants blowing up without nobody to pour concrete on them will leave a longlasting mark on the enviroment. Adding to this weapon stocks, chemical plants and oil rafineries that will certainly blow or leak sooner or later. So much radiation and polution will definetly produce some interesting new species :baby: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Riklon Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 (edited) Earth without us. The way I see it we're still working on it with all the wars, nuclear testings, diseases, viruses,green house effect, murder, suicides, oil refineries, etc. etc. Everything we human create there's always a follow up side effect along with it. I strongly suggest human beings should be taken to a human self preservation boot camp some where in a far off galaxy. Edited November 21, 2006 by Riklon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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