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Easter Island Shows Why Humanity Will Be Extinct Within 100 Years
...Climate change, “unbridled consumption” and overpopulation have lead Prof. Frank Fenner of Australian National University, to predict that humanity will be extinct within a century. Fenner is an emeritus professor of microbiology, famous for helping rid the world of smallpox. He told The Australian in 2010 that he believes the decline of humanity is irreversible.
Fenner used the disappearance of the inhabitance of Easter Island as an example. It was sudden population growth which swallowed the resources of the island, making the civilization that formed there unsustainable. “There will be a lot more wars over food,” Fenner predicts. Water resources might become another flashpoint. China and India have already fought over disputed water rights, and lots of hotspots around the world could easily plunge into war.
Evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond had called the comparison between our global situation and Easter Island “chillingly obvious.” ...
...The future is frightening , isn't it?
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: soficrow
I could see this being true if we (as a people) were intent on making useless statues instead investing time into science, ag, research and so fourth.
originally posted by: ThickAsABrick
a reply to: Restricted
Differentry societies, different goals. But really, considering how many people now spend so much time on video games, where would we be now if they spent their time being creative, productive. If anything the old monuments like stonehenge or the pyramids, or the statues of Easter Island are monuments of productivity.
But I believe the thread is about population vs. local resources, so I'll not argue and derail the thread.
originally posted by: Restricted
I believe the planet would benefit greatly from our complete absence.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: soficrow
I could see this being true if we (as a people) were intent on making useless statues instead investing time into science, ag, research and so fourth.
originally posted by: TruMcCarthy
originally posted by: Restricted
I believe the planet would benefit greatly from our complete absence.
Benefit how? Seems to me the only reason planets exist are to be mediums by which intelligence is able to arise. Humans are by far the most important resource the Earth has ever produced. Without humans the Earth is just a rock with un-important sub-lifeforms roaming around. The Earth is lucky to have humans, we are what makes the Earth semi-relevant in the universe.