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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-are-doomed-to-go-extinct/?amp=true
Most viral edit: for more dystopian shit, my last post. Please don't double like https://imgur.com/gallery/jR8colm
StrawberryJamJam
Bold of you to believe we're going to survive to 2100.
TheVenerableJudgeTaintyMcPoo
The argument that we are simultaneously going to become extinct both due to limited resources and deciding to reproduce less seems stupid.
SeleneEvelyn
Just what I needed to read before going to bed. Thanks
Degarafarat
Reducing by half is nowhere near extinction.
overunderwhelmed
He suspects stress levels are from living in close proximity? Lmao, somebody tell this boy about capitalism
ManhattanHarper
Won’t SOMEONE think of the shareholders?!
britdick
Good. We suck.
Isalan88
I mean, at some point the heat death of the universe is gonna occur and ain't no one getting through that with a 1 bar fire and a jacket.
SOSDD01
It’s just like growing bacteria in a Petri dish. At some point all the nutrients b gone.
iPez
I mean. Humanity has not been playing with Nature rules for a while. The near tribulations will probably mean that we will have to alter/
AntiProtonBoy
Oh no, nature’s rules still applies. We just learnt the rules and used them to our advantage.
iPez
/Ourselves further if we are meant to continue the technological race that has already set us so very apart from the other mammals./
iPez
/It is after all our biological behaviour the one that has set us in such perils of this bottle neck.
HouseofWolves312
Technologically forced evolution, transhumanism sounds more than a likely solution. We can engineer our children if not ourselves.
StarmineRendezvous
Yep. The genetic diversity fear is hilariously trivial for the future of the race. Technology even today has options, albeit risky AF. 1
StarmineRendezvous
I would be far more concerned with literally all other dangers to us. Environment/economic/social collapse are the real threat to us. 2
hungoveratworkguy
No duh bro. They already made a movie about it back in 2006
ForgeoftheWordsmith
I do not think humanity will go extinct any time soon. Big horrible population loss from climate catastrophe? Sure. Extinction? Nah.
SiriHowDoIAdult
Fair assessment
Afewflowers
I don't think declining population automatically = extinction if it's done by choice.
DignamWhenAskedaQuestion
or you know, we could evolve
Pootisborn
Kinda funny to see "endless economic growth is impossible with finite resources" and "growth rate down? we're doomed!" in the same article.
TheAnswerWasAlwaysMoreLube
A decline in population growth is not only positive. It is probably necessary if we are to survive into an interplanetary colonisation era.
RedFlameGamer
Yeah, sentience is kind of a wild card when it comes to natural patterns as far as we can see. We might make it, till we don't at least.
WhatzitTooya
His observations seem pretty isolated and picked for the argument. World population doubled in the last 50 years.
FlashFunk253
Ya don't think you can call it either way. Future advances in tech and med are wild cards. Most agree if extinction it'll be due to nuke war
DignamWhenAskedaQuestion
Did anyone else read the title in Professor Farnsworth's voice ?
MapleSyrupMafia
Yeah. My grandparents had 14 kids... and it wasn't uncommon for the time. It's financially impossible to do that now for most people. Back>
MapleSyrupMafia
then, a lot of people were farmers and grew their own food, had farms, etc. Less money involved, but a lot more work.
BatmanAndCradleRobin
The sperm quality is a pretty severe issue. We may reach a point where we cannot naturally conceive soon.
srshouse1
Not that concerning. Artificial insem is standard for other species and highly efficient.
BatmanAndCradleRobin
Its not impossible that the decline never stops though. If we don't know the cause and don't fix, unending decline could cause extinction.
BatmanAndCradleRobin
Also artificial insemination is only 5%-30% successful in humans as it is now, if sperm decline so will that number.
probleblynottt
Na, republicans seem to be on a mission to make it happen
Riehuu
Perhaps their evangelical Jesus will come back sooner if they make the end of the world happen faster.
burpwind
Don't forget the blatant, celebrated stupidity in much of the population. WE NEED TO FUND EDUCATION AGAIN.
ChickenChickenBurningBright
species usually last 1-5 million years. We have a few hundred thousand. genetic drift and climate will change us even if we don't die off.
ANUWBIS
I dont think people are aware of the rise of infertility in humans. Chromosome mutation because of environmental impact is quite real.
eightyearplan
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/excess-weight-sperm-fertility/
hirosjimma
The only human sperm that gets sampled from the general public is that of people who go to fertility clinics. Heavy selection bias
srshouse1
There's not good data on it. We have better fertility data on livestock than we do humans. The human sampling hasn't been random enough
ANUWBIS
People think that if they allownthe tests the govt will clone them. So, might not happen unless people doing IVF are automatically tested.
TheJackKetch
This assumes that our tech level will stay as it is, and we won't science the shit out of the problem
HouseofWolves312
Exactly, and technological development already gives us some solutions for these issues.
AvgWhiteShark
Children of Men was a good one.
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SiriHowDoIAdult
Fantastic film
HandBananaTonight
We’re like earth herpes, might recede now and then but we’ll always be around baby.
HandBananaTonight
At least till the host dies.
Uristqwerty
Killing a 5e27-gram ball of rust is quite the challenge; the earth will be fine for billions of years to come.
HeraldOfTheBadger
Go back and fuck less human looking monkeys I guess?
SiriHowDoIAdult
But they thicccc
BrofessorDumbleBro
Doomsayers gonna doomsay. People like this have existed for time immemorial.I’m super sure there’s definitely not conflicting data anywhere.
LordPigeon
Just let me have hope dammit. That headline was the happiest an imgur post has made me in months
BrofessorDumbleBro
That we as a species will die out? If that makes you honestly happy, you have deep seated issues you need therapy for.
phil1d
The comments on genetic variation, at least, are stupidly inaccurate.
CrimeBrulee
I stopped reading at paleontologist.
xizar
According to the article, people like this can only have existed for 315 thousand years. DOOOOM! *inhales* https://youtu.be/OxzpVaiP6eg
SilentHowling
They only gottta be right once!
IWasACatAllAlong
Yeah this article can fit any point in our human time period. Im sure people weren't too happy during the Spanish flu or during a world war
ficklemission
On the topic of genetic variance, humans are the first species to be able to alter their genetic code. That's a little bit of a wild card.
CandleToad
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-are-doomed-to-go-extinct Don't feed Google.
Sufi42
Economic productivity had dramatically increased, it's the profit of productivity that's been hoarded that has led to lower living standards
sgnight13
Humans: *invent contraception after centuries of rising populations so people don't have to reproduce*. News: "Y NO BABIES??"
Fyreworx
Everything is doomed to become extinct.
TheAngryMarineBiologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnR--j7TdTs&ab_channel=UnmonetizedVidsForFunorEducation
ProfoundTaco
Entropy is inevitable
minipancho94
Only reason I'm obsessed with biological immortality is cause there's so much cool shit I want to see. I want to see our replacements 1/2
minipancho94
Get their start, and to be able to witness geological processes over millenia. Shit would be mind-blowing. 2/2
erutrotti
Indeed it would be.
8hourgamer
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/31/a7/d2/31a7d27bb92c5848dbd98ed361a0ea0e.jpg
Nooooooooothatsnottruethatsimpossible
I am jacks complete lack of surprise
DignamWhenAskedaQuestion
or you know, we could evolve
TheOneWhoWasLeft
Except the cockroaches. They will outlive the collapse of the universe itself. Fucking shits.
ahhhhtomzilla
Because of the Reapers.
Popnitro
Tempus edax rerum
Hobbes777
?
Popnitro
Time devours all things. :)
Hobbes777
Ah, thank you
NickKater
I think nothing ever really got extinct. There‘s still dinosaurs, jellyfish, funghi, bacteria etc. from each respective period living today.
Spice002
The heat death will consume us all.
HandoB4Javert
AleksStark
Won't it do the opposite of consume?
CongratsYouAreHereNow
Not if your mum doesn’t first
fudgex
The last thing in the universe will be the heat from that sick burn
GrouchyMarx
Speak for yourself, my grandma made me a sweater and it's like SUPER warm.
Cheomesh
Entropy wins.
JesusStoleMyWeed
On Earth, sure, but there is a lot of Universe out there with a lot of possibilities
Jt68686
Even stars burn out
JesusStoleMyWeed
And all atoms decay. Yeah, okay, everything does die
iloveisla
We have literally 10 trillion years to evolve till the stars burn out. Unimaginable what we could become, and accomplish
ZorkManZeroX
Huh https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/scientific-american/
gtollie
Thanks for confirming my bias. They endorsed Biden so they’re the ones contributing to the extinction of humankind! /s
xizar
My personal bias is showing in that it would never have occurred to me to check SciAm for bias.
manulofdoom
I'm surprised something with "american" in the name gets such a high rating
Spice002
Good thing I'm not going to live that long and don't want children. I'm part of the solution!
MrHailstone
Same, humans suck and before someone Asks i couldnt care less about the future of your kids
SiriHowDoIAdult
Ryebread91
ProfessorChaos
There are dozens of us!
SiriHowDoIAdult
MarlenaWatches
Yup, same here. My husband and I decided a decade ago that we didn't want to being another generation into this shit show.
KodiakDDS
Big same
Catimodes
VerboseDood61
That is the ultimate doing your part for mother Earth... lol
willzabend
School shooters are part of the solution too /s?
Relyne
I think the term 'result' is more accurate here than 'solution'
infinitecorgis
SDgoldilocks
landcfan
"Not going to live that long". Are you ok?
psyanara
If they are older than say 30, good chance they aren't going to be alive by the year 2100...
bogeymon13
You and me both! My parents have accepted that I will only be giving them grandcats or granddogs
zersana
Same here ! I think they always knew since I was a kid , the motherhood gene skipped on this ons
bogeymon13
The kicker is that I'm a lesbian and my brother is in a serious relationship with someone who is infertile. They're young, but could 1/2
bogeymon13
Consider adopting later on. Doesn't help the reproductive thing tho I guess lol 2/2
ilukaperi
Mine know they will only get grandchickens from me!
zFUBARz
You realize this article actually said the opposite of that right?
TheUnstoppableWampas
No, no no... You don't get it. Humans ARE the problem.
Woestkonijn
Either way, it's a solution.