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- 93TILL503, on 01/18/2008, -12/+163Tom Cruise will save us.
- inactive, on 01/18/2008, -29/+149People will breed and breed and breed until the world is a giant slum. Other species of earth will be casualties of our irresponsibility. Even as the last of the large non-food species goes extinct a large portion will not really care despite the efforts of a smaller minority to try to make them understand the loss.
- Lyk4n, on 01/18/2008, -18/+93If everyone only had 2 kids, used portion control when eating, and recycled this world might make it past this fledgling age.
- UGM2099, on 01/18/2008, -22/+96Don't worry folks, this is all God's plan!
- elhaf, on 01/18/2008, -6/+72We really are fighting a war on Terra.
- uberchaoslord, on 01/18/2008, -0/+55Agent Smith: I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I've realized that you are not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment. But you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague. And we are... the cure.
- mobialflow, on 01/18/2008, -13/+60Sadly, this is true. We will most likely destroy everything on our planet before finally destroying ourselves as a result. The few who care will unlikely be able to stop it because people aren't willing to give up their "rights" to have three kids and squander the planet's natural resources. Rights that we should all be rethinking.
- dood, on 01/18/2008, -3/+48Hell, they could have just 1 kid. I don't know the exact math of it, but it's not like we *need* to maintain the current population count forever.
- ethanpack, on 01/18/2008, -1/+42That was a major downer for a Friday.
- LetsGoHawks, on 01/18/2008, -1/+34You just reminded me of Idiocracy.
- Chaoticfist, on 01/18/2008, -10/+42I hate to say it people. Its called OVER POPULATION. The reality is the is 6 BILLION humans on earth and counting. We are upsetting the global balance, as well wiping out nature. Like what was said in the matrix. Our species is a virus. We consume everything in sight, and when we are done. We breed and breed and move to another area, and do it all again.
I cant say i am better then others, but seriously we need to decided on a population limit on earth and fast. - relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -4/+34Adopt.
- evilunleashed, on 01/18/2008, -2/+29Scientologists are the only ones who can help.
- LesTesmel, on 01/18/2008, -13/+38THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO ELECT RON PAUL !!!!
...kidding, just seemed appropriate. - MacEnvy, on 01/18/2008, -5/+27Good luck with that plan.
- rayraym0fucka, on 01/18/2008, -1/+22Kinda like how Agent Smith described humans
- alkajazz, on 01/18/2008, -1/+22There is a new life waiting for everyone in the Off-world colonies!
- Haohmaru, on 01/18/2008, -1/+21Yeah, he's walking down the street saying, "Man, we are the only ones who can help these people!"
Still waiting Tom. Anyday now. - alevel27mage, on 01/18/2008, -0/+19I can't, but Wikipedia can!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinct_anima ... - inhaler, on 01/18/2008, -2/+21Congratulations. You've just defined the word recycling.
- inactive, on 01/18/2008, -3/+22Us? There was no us during those extinction events. In fact the dominant life forms in each case bit the dust. In case you haven't noticed, we're the dominant life form now.
- Ninnux, on 01/18/2008, -2/+19Time to put the cold-hearted science hat on. I think people miss the point of over population. The rules of biology don't give a rat's ass who lives and who dies or whether there's a balance in the world. The only rule that matters is successfully continuing one's genetics, whether your fish, feather, or fauna. This groups sounds like a bunch of naturalists, who seem to think that yester-year was some kind of utopia for the environment. The whole point of the article is we live in a universe who seems hell bent on ending us. And yet, we've somehow figured out how to continue to procreate and expand.
- Ninnux, on 01/18/2008, -1/+17@DeviateSeptum :: People will breed and breed and breed because 70,000 years of genetic evolution and self selection have guaranteed that's one thing we are good at.
- boubou777, on 01/18/2008, -3/+19Are you guys really surprised at that article?
I mean we do live in a time where money and power are way more important than other living things around us. Of course, if we could actually use money and power for the good of the collectivity and start thinking about getting out of this planet as another alternative to long-term survival... instead of destroying ourselves with stupid wars...
I had a dream... lol - wsuBobby, on 01/18/2008, -2/+16Did he just quote the Matrix? wow
- akilleen, on 01/18/2008, -0/+14We can't let the Terraists win!
- jmiller29, on 01/18/2008, -2/+16If it means fewer people in my way during my commute then bring it on.
- jacanfield, on 01/18/2008, -2/+16Yes, a large amount of species will go extinct as we drive ourselves to extinction, but the fact that you care is still a very human-centric view of the world. The next set of species that repopulate the planet will be happy they are gone. Their future existence is dependent on the next mass extinction. I am not saying that what we are doing to the planet isn't horrible. It is, but we are only destroying the world as we know it. The world will continue just fine when we are gone. I am guessing that the next round evolution will result in a more advanced species then ourselves. It is possible that mass extinctions are required for great evolutionary leaps to occur.
- inactive, on 01/18/2008, -0/+13Here, there are far too many examples to list.
http://extinctanimals.petermaas.nl/ - Zenithan, on 01/18/2008, -0/+13And a list of extinct species on the IUCN red list:
http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/search.php?freet ... - OiPunk138, on 01/18/2008, -3/+16Hey everyone, look! It's another idiot who thinks everything needs to be a them and us political issue! Thanks for trolling the bottom of the barrell!
- 10lbhammer, on 01/18/2008, -1/+13you obviously haven't met my ex-girlfriend...
ZING! - slvrbullet87, on 01/18/2008, -3/+15There isnt going to be any food for anybody, that infringes on the pursuit of happyness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population
the world population went from 1bil to 6bil between 1900-2000 - brstilson, on 01/18/2008, -0/+12People are already starting to have fewer children. It's a product of industrialization. Think about 100 years ago when it wasn't uncommon to have more than ten children. They'd start at younger ages, too. Now, people wait longer to get married and even longer than that to have kids.
- sonaboy, on 01/18/2008, -2/+13It's a great time to develop a taste for raw and cooked insects. Bring on the maggotwraps.
- DocGlass, on 01/18/2008, -8/+19It isn't human population growth that is hurting us, there is more than enough land to live on and harvest food. It is the disproportionate spread and use of resources that is hurting the environment and -more importantly- us. There are huge underwater colonies of life that we will never be able to kill off, life on earth will continue even if we poison the planet. Our actions may spell an end to humanity, not life.
We should be worried more about how such a large piece of the pie goes to a tiny percentage of humans also how much of that pie is nonrenewable. - inactive, on 01/18/2008, -8/+19So, you are actually debating that many species are going extinct? Sorry, not much room for debate there.
- EricMiIIer, on 07/10/2009, -2/+13"Think of how dumb the average person is, then realize that 50% of the people are dumber than that." - George Carlin. We could stop a lot of the problem with mandatory chemical sterilization of stupid people. You take a test, fail, take it again, fail, heres your pill. We will reduce the population growth, and increase the "quality" of everyones' lives.
- RetroRufio, on 01/18/2008, -6/+17/sarcasm
- MacEnvy, on 01/18/2008, -3/+13You seem to think that a person can survive on 1/4 acre of land ... which is true, as long as they don't require food (farmland), gasoline, electricity, water, waste disposal, *jobs*, any other non-residential building (restaurants, stores, municipal buildings, fire departments, police stations, hospitals, schools), etc.
I could go on, but it's already clear that you're wrong. - inactive, on 01/18/2008, -0/+10Fresh water for irrigation is becoming really scarce. Here in California we're siphoning off water from five states to supply the farms in the central valley area. And right now farm machinery needs diesel to run. Food production has outpaced population growth for 40-50 years now, but I think we're getting close to a tipping point. We're starting to see all kinds of problems with both genetic mutation and unchecked disease in our livestock. We've got the growing problem with bee populations dwindling. Unfortunately there's very little redundant backup for those food supplies as things get nasty.
- captaindigger, on 01/18/2008, -3/+13When a species becomes over populated it has not choice but to start dieing off. When rabbits become over populated they can't get food and start to die off. The earth can only support so many of one type of species when that point comes that species must start to die off. Unless your a brain dead Creationist and you think God will just beam us some more food and clean the air for us to breath.
- badenglishihave, on 01/18/2008, -2/+12I am really afraid of the day our population growth is monitored and controlled.
- inactive, on 01/18/2008, -3/+12I love how you types always use "maybe its a cycle" as an excuse for doing nothing at all.
- MacEnvy, on 01/18/2008, -1/+10Tom Cruise wasn't even able to save himself.
- tekproxy, on 01/18/2008, -1/+10We are an aspect of nature--not separate from it.
- stonebear, on 01/18/2008, -1/+10And, of course, the delicious irony here is that Mr. Smith is himself a virus, but he does not know it. Though he is nominally a security program, his true role is to infect the matrix in exacty the same way humanity has infected the earth. Brilliant stuff.
- pixeldust, on 01/18/2008, -0/+9Why come?
- inactive, on 01/18/2008, -44/+53Oh no the sky is falling... again.
- CaptainCool53, on 01/18/2008, -3/+12So nuking a village and then tossing a first aid kit into the rubble doesn't make us the enemy of that village?
We wouldn't need to save species from extinction if we would just wake up and realize that we are as much a part of nature as any other creatures. We must abide by nature's laws. Now we're just beginning to see the effects of not abiding by them. -
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