02-18-2016, 06:54 AM
Survival? Sure:
One day we will detect a large lump of rock on a collision course with this planet. Whether we can do anything about it depends on how much advance notice we get. How much advance notice we get depends on our ability to peer into space.
When they get ready to send up Bruce Willis et al to save us, I can almost guarantee that there will be an anti-science group that will try to sabotage the attempt, using their usual delusional arguments. Maybe that's how all civilizations eventually blink out.
One day we will detect a large lump of rock on a collision course with this planet. Whether we can do anything about it depends on how much advance notice we get. How much advance notice we get depends on our ability to peer into space.
When they get ready to send up Bruce Willis et al to save us, I can almost guarantee that there will be an anti-science group that will try to sabotage the attempt, using their usual delusional arguments. Maybe that's how all civilizations eventually blink out.