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What does doom mean to you?
Re: What does doom mean to you?
by Jenab6 » Wed 13 Aug 2008, 12:36:55
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('coyote', 'T')hree questions to be answered in this thread. First: what is your definition of 'doom,' as used in the word 'doomer'? Is it human extinction, or only a grand depression? Severe and immediate dieoff, or just a few strategic resource wars? Second: by your own definition, are you a 'doomer'? Do you believe the doom you've described above will actually occur? Third: why are you a doomer, or why aren't you a doomer? What specific aspects of our situation make you think we'll be sucked into the abyss -- or that we'll skirt it neatly, or avoid it altogether?
I consider DOOM to be a range of possible futures, the worst of which is the end of all life on Earth, or, failing that, the extinction of humans and most other species. There are less serious eventualities that might also qualify as DOOM; however, in order to be DOOM, a possible future must involve something worse than "a few strategic resource wars." So the range is established from a major die-off of humans (50% or more) to the extinction of all life on Earth.
Yes, I am a doomer. I expect that 90% of humans will die, and that before they die they'll exterminate about half of the world's non-human species. The survivors will inherit a much poorer world, and nature will have a big job to do in repairing the biosphere.
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