Quote from: RE on Jun 03, 2024, 11:28 AM

Quote from: TDoS on Jun 03, 2024, 09:47 AMI am not the only one familiar with this topic. And how it was entertaining for awhile, and reasons why it faded away for more interesting doom scenarios.

It would be refreshing if you spent half as much time commenting on the more interesting doom scenarios as you do rehashing Peak Oil commentary that is so old and tired it has mold growing.

Fine. I will resist the urge to mention what a poor excuse for doom any of the past peak oils were.

So, other good doom scenarios tend to run towards some of those mentioned by Tony certainly. I am partial to gradual doom, climate change. Less so "here comes WWIII!!" doom. Economics is always a good local problem, with lower probability of being full scale take down the world issue. Saw an attempt in 2008, it was ugly as economic downturns are, but a doom? Eh. Pandemics? Have low probability potential, but there is always hope and anti-Fauchi angles.

Cosmic collisions and GRB's, lower probability but always good for some conversation, and far cooler than run of the mill "humans be stupid" stuff.

Quote from: REYour attributing a human quality of intelligence to other species.  It' not a provable assertion, and it's also irrelevant.
RE

Lots of things aren't provable. So I'll go with humans being less intelligent than some species or another because humans have the ability to KNOW better....and do the stupid shit anyway.

Take two species, one knows better, one doesn't. The ones that know better do stupid shit regardless and die off. The others that don't know better, naturally fit within their world and system and can do it as long as the system endures. Naturally smarter because they lack the cleverness that dooms the stupid bipeds who can't see past their next dig it up, cut it down, burn it exercise.

T-Rex was the apex predator for millions of years. Humans and all their smartness will be lucky to break 2 orders of magnitude LESS time than that.