Apocalypse never

Undertoad · 01-27-2018, 10:46 AM

A helpful reminder, in the horrible clickbait culture that wants to scare the shit out of you in order to get your attention for three minutes:

Human predictions of the apocalypse: 1,000,000,000s

Number of times it came true: 0

Predicting the end times: it's merely our programming. It's what we do. It's what we pay attention to. There is nothing different about modern predictions. This is simply human nature at work.

If you think your prediction is somehow different, please reference the table above. You're not special, and you and your human sources of information are definitely not immune to this. It's part of our DNA.

DanaC · 01-27-2018, 11:21 AM

Meh. The only difference between us and all the other creatures that have faced extinction is we are looking for it.

May I remind you of that time oxygen almost killed everything...

sexobon · 01-27-2018, 12:52 PM

So, oxygen was the first lethal pooticle.

Happy Monkey · 01-27-2018, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

If you think your prediction is somehow different, please reference the table above.

Note that the only predictions for which that table is applicable are those which predict the elimination of all humans.

Undertoad · 01-27-2018, 04:31 PM

If you quibble, you think your prediction is different!

But it's not. Enjoy.

Gravdigr · 01-27-2018, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

May I remind you of that time oxygen almost killed everything...

Man, I hate when that happens.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2018, 05:27 PM

If you don't know when it's coming you must worry every day.

Glinda · 01-27-2018, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sexobon

So, oxygen was the first lethal pooticle.

Happy Monkey · 01-28-2018, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

If you quibble, you think your prediction is different!

But it's not. Enjoy.

I'm not predicting; I'm just saying that it relies solely on the fact that humans still exist. There have been many predictions of disasters which came true, but didn't extinct the species, and there have been many species extincted, who probably didn't predict it.

All it says is that nobody who predicted the extinction of humanity was right, which is pretty much a tautology, if claimed by a human.

Undertoad · 01-28-2018, 01:56 PM

:| It is a statement about human behavior, not actually a logic or math problem to be solved.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-28-2018, 02:34 PM

If the scientists are right about the history of the earth, then logic tells us the future will hold more cataclysmic events that could very well wipe us out. However predicting them is a whole different matter so for now, "the end is nigh", remains wishful thinking.

sexobon · 01-28-2018, 02:49 PM

I know exactly where I want to be when the world comes to an end and I know precisely when that will be; but, I'm not telling anyone 'cause they might take my spot.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-28-2018, 02:52 PM

So when it happens you'll be spot on?

sexobon · 01-28-2018, 02:57 PM

It'll be a one party win-lose situation.

Undertoad · 01-28-2018, 03:19 PM

Where would the safest place be, for, say, an asteroid strike? Tall mountain? What's the expectation?

01-27-2018, 10:46 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Apocalypse never A helpful reminder, in the horrible clickbait culture that wants to scare the shit out of you in order to get your attention for three minutes: Human predictions of the apocalypse: 1,000,000,000s Number of times it came true: 0 Predicting the end times: it's merely our programming. It's what we do. It's what we pay attention to. There is nothing different about modern predictions. This is simply human nature at work. If you think your prediction is somehow different, please reference the table above. You're not special, and you and your human sources of information are definitely not immune to this. It's part of our DNA.

01-27-2018, 05:27 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you don't know when it's coming you must worry every day. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-28-2018, 02:34 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If the scientists are right about the history of the earth, then logic tells us the future will hold more cataclysmic events that could very well wipe us out. However predicting them is a whole different matter so for now, "the end is nigh", remains wishful thinking. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-28-2018, 02:52 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	So when it happens you'll be spot on? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-27-2018, 12:52 PM	#3
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	So, oxygen was the first lethal pooticle.

01-27-2018, 04:31 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If you quibble, you think your prediction is different! But it's not. Enjoy.

01-28-2018, 01:56 PM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	:\| It is a statement about human behavior, not actually a logic or math problem to be solved.

01-28-2018, 02:49 PM	#12
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	I know exactly where I want to be when the world comes to an end and I know precisely when that will be; but, I'm not telling anyone 'cause they might take my spot.

01-28-2018, 02:57 PM	#14
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	It'll be a one party win-lose situation.

01-28-2018, 03:19 PM	#15
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Where would the safest place be, for, say, an asteroid strike? Tall mountain? What's the expectation?

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