Eventually the whole universe would have to end wouldn't it? As the universe moves toward atrophy, everything breaks down. Including stars. As for our specific world; the Sun being our home star, essentially powers all life on our planet. And when it eventually runs out of helium to fuse into other, larger molecules and that nuclear fusion stops sending massive amounts of energy to the Earth all life would simply die. Either of starvation, or simply cold. Some scientists also believe that our Sun could simply go super nova and incinerate any and all nearby planets and other stuff floating around the solar system.
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Posted 16 January 2011 - 06:45 PM
I believe that 2012 is nothing but a mith and it will end up being another new year like Y2K and 96'. I think that the world can end with a nuclear war but over time mankind will just start new life.GPs were deducted for this post, please read the rules! - xeeeeeeeee
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Posted 16 January 2011 - 08:29 PM
@the two above posters: This topic isn't about 2012, and undeveloped posts don't cut it in this section..
Depending on who you ask, yes and no. According to the oscillating universe theory, for example, our current universe will eventually collapse on itself as a consequence of the big bang, and result in the big crunch. When this happens, another big bang will occur, creating another universe. That's the jist of the tl;dr version anyway.Eventually the whole universe would have to end wouldn't it?
Worse than that is when two collapsed stars collide, creating an unimaginably powerful gamma ray burst that could destroy all life our planet within seconds. It's not an all that uncommon either, but the chances of one coming close enough to us to do that kind of damage is very, very low.I was going to post about how our own sun could destroy us any number of ways, but this covers most of what I wanted to say.Some scientists also believe that our Sun could simply go super nova and incinerate any and all nearby planets and other stuff floating around the solar system.
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Posted 12 March 2011 - 11:08 PM
The Sun will burn out... billions of years from now. But regarding the "End of the world" theory, I think the world (life on earth) will end because of global warming.GPs were deducted for this post, please read the rules! - tedsb16
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 01:03 AM
The Earth will end 12/21/12, simply because so many people think it might. It's a self-fulfilling prophesy... Obviously I don't actually believe that, I'm being overly cynical to bring out an ironic situation. I do think some pretty stupid things are going to happen on that day, however, if Nascar's taught us anything, it's that stupid people never ACTUALLY win. They just drive around in circles for a while. What was the topic again?GPs were deducted for this post, please read the rules! - tedsb16
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It depends. I can find almost a million reasons for the world to be destroyed. I will just talk about three.Sun: As mentioned in the first ever post, the sun will die one day. It will lose its power source in 5 billion (not sure of the correct time) years and turn into a white dwarf then. After 8 minutes, the the earth would be out of its circle. Try to learn about some facts if you can't understand. Anyway, after going out of its circle, there is no telling what might happen. Though I don't think any of us will survive to find it out.Nuclear Bomb and War: Every super power country i the world now has enough power to destroy the world multiple times. And I can point out a lot of reasons for a war to break out. You can guess the rest.Meteor: This was also mentioned in the first post, Every 70 (Not sure) years, A giant meteor passes earth. Its supposed collide with earth once every 2 thousand years. So, it is possible that this meteor could cause the destruction of humanity. Just to let you know, this meteor problem was the reason for dinosaurs to be destroyed.People can find many more reasons for the end of the world. However, I mostly think that no. 2 would be the reason fo the end of the world.
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Posted 01 April 2011 - 03:34 AM
This depends on your definition of the world, if you mean human civilization then eventually yes. As science has proven to us, eventually, the human population will reach capacity and burn out all of earth's available resources. But that would happen like upwards of 500 years from now, so some people may not take it seriously because they believe that we'll colonize another planet, well, to date, there has not been a single planet discovered within range of our traveling abilities that can sustain life. For those that say we will, the chance is so slim that you’re better off dreaming that genetically engineered pigs will have wings in the near future, because the pigs have a far higher possibility than us humans reaching space. However, if you define the world meaning the Earth, than the world will still end, because the sun will only last so long, that eventually it'll supernova and turn into a black hole. And as we've learned from astrologers, there is no escape from either the supernova or the black hole. For those that say that we'll move, well your in for a long wait, because right now we can’t even get to another planet yet. Let’s use a comparison, it took billions of dollars in investment and research to get to the moon, if milky way was a ruler, than getting from the earth to the moon would be all of 1/10^18 of a millimeter. By the way, the closest plane that we can confirm that there is just water on, no oxygen, no plants, no soil, just water, is easily more than 5 milky way’s away, for those that don’t know, it took allot of fuel to get around 10 men(Apollo 13) to the moon. So do the math, in order to move from earth to moon for 10 guys, you need millions of gallons of fuel and billions of dollars of resources, now if you needed to move a distance approximately 10^98733 times farther away, how much fuel and resources would you need? (Use ruler reference if you actually want to do the math) The answer, is easily more than 10^98543339782 times of earth's finite and decreasing supply. So unless we can somehow find 10^98543339782 times of current resources, it’s impossible, and remember, this number is just for 10 guys. Also, by the end of the journey, assuming only 10 humans went and the resources needed magically showed up, more than 1000 generations of humans would have lived and died. So the new people may not even know what to do once they arrived since they certainly do not have the survival skills that the original 10 had, since it is impossible to transmit knowledge in the form of experience, so they would die weeks upon arrival. Lastly, if you define the world as the universe, than it will still end. This one doesn’t need complicated explanations, common knowledge states that all things must come to a end unless stopped by a greater force. So the only way that this could be prevented is if we somehow gained the powers of a god, which is downright impossible.Bottom line: world will end no matter which way you define it
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There is a huge difference between the end of the world with annihilation, and the end of the world as we know it.Huge amounts of theories of how the world will end, at lease on the destructive side.Not very many people have considered the other meaning. It is believe that america(the illuminati) will try and gain complete control over the world. If this were to be the future that unfolds, the world of freedom will be no more. Soon the era of the book Revelation will be upon us...
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Posted 02 April 2011 - 04:45 PM
there are many things that could happen but we don't need to worry about a meter hitting us cuz the world has enough nukes to blow it up and the sun is old but not old enough to implode or explode also they said that they red the "calendar" wrong so its not gonna happen in 2012 GPs were deducted for this post, please read the rules! - tedsb16
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Except that very likely wouldn't work at all. Experts at various space agencies have been asked what our options were if an asteroid was on a collision course with Earth, and one of the options was simply to nuke it. However, this is largely seen as a "last resort" option. Potential problems range from chunks of the blown up asteroid not burning up in the atmosphere, and causing even more damage than if we hadn't nuked it, to having the electromagnetic pulse of said nuke wipe out computers over a very wide portion of Earth, causing what would at best be identified as a global scale riot, the worst being the end of modern civilization.Also, obligatory link to back up my post.there are many things that could happen but we don't need to worry about a meter [sic] hitting us cuz the world has enough nukes to blow it up
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Posted 04 April 2011 - 07:41 PM
well it may be true that our sun is middle aged and wont last forever, i dont think humanity itself will last those millions of years. i think we are much more likely to nuke ourselves into oblivionGPs were deducted for this post, please read the rules! - tedsb16
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Posted 07 April 2011 - 04:54 AM
There are many definitions for World Ending. I mean you could mean the human civilization or Earth as the planet.If you mean the human civilization there are some things that could end us. Resources could run out and we wouldn't be able to survive or pollution might kill us. But people think that we'll find another planet that we'll be able to colonize before that happens, but I don't know about that. Also theres the fact or war. Some people say that the human civilization will end because of nuclear wars and what not. But I don't know about believing in that because that all depends on the actions we take.If you mean the Earth as a planet then there are some factors than can end the Earth. There's the sun turned into a supernova, which means the sun will expand and ending up burning all the planets around it. There's also the fact of global warming. According to scientist global warming is killing trees, who give us oxygen. Then theres also the poles melting because of the increase heat and flooding the continents. But who knows how the world is going to end. That all depends on our choices and the factors. But what is for sure that everything ends at one point, there is not stopping that fact.
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Posted 07 April 2011 - 06:24 AM
I believe if the world was gonna end, It would of already ended and nothing would exist on earth. Instead we'd probably evolve on another planet with different lifestyles, paths, and maybe even a different element to breathe.Technically. The planets are still moving from the "Source" Of all life / elements / other planets. By source i mean the big boom, If we were to collide with something, it would have to be 2 things, Going nearly 2 or 3 times faster then us, Or we come in at a bad orbit in a colliding objects path... And the odds of that its something large enough to even cause concern. Very low, Plausible, But very very low.
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I don't think anything sudden, like say, the sun imploding, would happen, but if something sudden did happen, no one would be able to predict it.I do believe that, if people keeps things up, things like, littering, making smoking factories, thus, polluting the air, setting random things on fire, replacing grass and trees with concrete and homes that wouldn't even be filled instantly anyway, and the such, then yes. There is going to be a time when all life is going to suffer and eventually die out.But not for a few thousand years or so...Or, to be a little more accurate, a few centuries or so...Which quite sad, really.
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Even though we can't simply transport millions of people from one world to another (yet), it's possible to start colonizing the moon and Mars today. Ignoring the obvious financial burden, we could only send a few people at a time per launch, which is particularly bad for Mars since we only get a launch window every 26 months or so. The plus side of Mars colonization is that we already know it has resources that could sustain human life, as well a resources need to build and sustain a civilization. Even terraforming the planet is possible, though it would take centuries with our current level of technology.The moon, though close by comparison, is almost completely barren, with very little of the resources needed to be a self-sustaining colony.There are many definitions for World Ending. I mean you could mean the human civilization or Earth as the planet.If you mean the human civilization there are some things that could end us. Resources could run out and we wouldn't be able to survive or pollution might kill us. But people think that we'll find another planet that we'll be able to colonize before that happens, but I don't know about that.
An apocalyptic nuclear war won't happen, because the countries who have nukes are smart enough to know that whoever launches the first one is going to get about a dozen more shoved up their ass from every corner of the world, and the United States very likely wouldn't be exempt from this. However, we hold a very large portion of the world's nukes, so we'd likely "win", but at that point death would be preferable and likely inevitable.Also theres the fact or war. Some people say that the human civilization will end because of nuclear wars and what not. But I don't know about believing in that because that all depends on the actions we take.
Keep in mind that global warming isn't completely man-made, it's part of a large scale weather pattern. Yes we're certainly not helping, but we're not the total cause of it either. Anyway, that happening or the ice caps melting wouldn't destroy the Earth, just change its appearance. Up until about 4 billion years ago Earth was completely uninhabitable for humans, and it may become that way again someday.If you mean the Earth as a planet then there are some factors than can end the Earth. There's the sun turned into a supernova, which means the sun will expand and ending up burning all the planets around it. There's also the fact of global warming. According to scientist global warming is killing trees, who give us oxygen. Then theres also the poles melting because of the increase heat and flooding the continents.
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Posted 30 May 2011 - 04:07 AM
The world is not going to end for another gazillion years from now. if you want my opinion, those who believe that the world will end in 2012 or what that Harold Camping guy probably believe what the bible says (no offense to those who follows the bible).GPs were deducted for this post, please read the rules! - tedsb16
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Posted 30 May 2011 - 05:01 AM
There is FAR FAR FAR more truth in the Bible than in any of these end of the world ideas. The Bible is historically accurate. Harold Camping just doesn't understand basic literary analysis.The world is not going to end for another gazillion years from now. if you want my opinion, those who believe that the world will end in 2012 or what that Harold Camping guy probably believe what the bible says (no offense to those who follows the bible).
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well im saying that the bible is in accurate. & i t is.i am a devoted christian 7 i dont believe in the bible i believe in Darwin's theory of evolutionism u kno "survival of the fittest" watch this video i found on you tube about the bible then tell me if its accurate:http://youtu.be/8RV46fsmx6EThere is FAR FAR FAR more truth in the Bible than in any of these end of the world ideas. The Bible is historically accurate. Harold Camping just doesn't understand basic literary analysis.
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Posted 07 January 2012 - 03:42 AM
Well to be fair the Mayans never said the world will end in 2012 
Just because they're clock expired doesn't mean ****...also really the only evidence of a major happening is the planet aligning and maybe some solar or magnetic interference, and if it ends so what i wanted the world to end for years... It's only said to CHANGE the world not destroy it!
Just because they're clock expired doesn't mean ****...also really the only evidence of a major happening is the planet aligning and maybe some solar or magnetic interference, and if it ends so what i wanted the world to end for years... It's only said to CHANGE the world not destroy it!
Edited by Lord Anubis, 07 January 2012 - 03:43 AM.
