Do you think civilisation is fragile?

[psychopath]

People keep talking about the end of the world and society collapsing bla bla, but when you think about it civilisation came about by itself, it's self sustaining, self-repairing. Just like a living organism, it wouldn't be around if it couldn't sustain itself. I think civilisation is too adaptable to disapear anytime soon, and I doubt humanity will ever ever go extinct, there's just too many of us spread out all over the place, and we're too diverse. Even if there was some major epic global catastrophe that wiped out pretty much everything, I bet there will be some tiny pocket of human survivors somewhere.

[UnschoolShqiponjë]

Even if there was an apocalypse civilization would continue. Albeit on a much smaller scale.

[Elfy]

Western civilisation is pretty strong.

[Jesusaurisrex]

(12-31-2011 06:40 PM)Elfy Wrote:  Western civilisation is pretty strong.

Lol

Its a massive impenetrable fortress built upon a collection of flimsy wooden poles

[SoulRiser]

Quote:Its a massive impenetrable fortress built upon a collection of flimsy wooden poles

Sounds about right.

But still, if some crazy shit happens and everyone goes nuts, it'll only be temporary. Somehow people will find some order in chaos again and build up some kind of civilization again... for better or worse.

[Miller0700]

Inb4 Shotgun

[SaintVicious]

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if civilisation was fragile i doubt any of us would be here.

[HeartofShadows]

Civilizations fall as history has shown but humanity will continue to exist til the world becomes unlivable. Well unless we manage to get to another planet.

[LOON_ATTIC]

(01-01-2012 03:09 AM)HeartofShadows Wrote:  Civilizations fall as history has shown but humanity will continue to exist til the world becomes unlivable. Well unless we manage to get to another planet.

I second this, better than I could explain it

[The Shadowman]

Humans are too resilient to just dissapear overnight. There will always be some degree of civilisation on the planet as humans continue to exist. The only way to destroy civilisation is by destroying the entire planet.

[aCol]

(01-01-2012 07:26 PM)The Shadowman Wrote:  Humans are too resilient to just dissapear overnight. There will always be some degree of civilisation on the planet as humans continue to exist. The only way to destroy civilisation is by destroying the entire planet.

I think most humans would be stupid enough to do that.

[.Manicrose.]

They really would be.

"LOL LET'S NUKE THEM BEFORE THEY NUKE US LOLOL AREN'T WE POWERFUL GUISE"

*drops nuke*

"OH SHIIIII--"

[The Shadowman]

(01-02-2012 03:35 AM)aCol Wrote:  

(01-01-2012 07:26 PM)The Shadowman Wrote:  Humans are too resilient to just dissapear overnight. There will always be some degree of civilisation on the planet as humans continue to exist. The only way to destroy civilisation is by destroying the entire planet.

I think most humans would be stupid enough to do that.

We're already doing it, only most people are too stupid to notice that.

[Absnt]

I ain't worried about civilization, I'm worried about civilization as we know it. Civil rights and all.

[aCol]

(01-03-2012 07:54 AM)The Shadowman Wrote:  We're already doing it, only most people are too stupid to notice that.

No, we aren't. We are changing the state, the shape of the planet, we are changing it, not destroying it. Even if we destroy the nature around us, which I assume is your point, its the nature, and not the planet that we destroy. And with that, ourselves.
But once we are away, the whole nature is going to regain itself again, and we'll be gone.

The problem is, that, infact I think we already have the power to destory the whole planet, or we are currently developing it. And with destroy, I mean really destroying it.

[Stadium]

If civilization falls, it would probably take a lot of time to rebuild. It took 1000's of years to build up to the shitty one we have now.

[LOON_ATTIC]

*1-mile radius asteroid hits earth
*we're all gone lol

[aCol]

The chance of a one mile asteroid hitting this particular planet is extremely low I assume, so I'm not worried about that happening.

[Mælstrom]

In our lifetimes, it's unlikely. Over the course of history on a geologic scale? Once every 1-3 million years. I seriously doubt that we'll make it that long, though.

[The Shadowman]

(01-03-2012 02:55 PM)Maelstrom Wrote:  In our lifetimes, it's unlikely. Over the course of history on a geologic scale? Once every 1-3 million years. I seriously doubt that we'll make it that long, though.

Humanity is an extremely resilient species, so it is possible we will still exist several million years from now, but it is unlikely that we will still be living on this planet.

[Mælstrom]

What I idiotically left out of my statement was that I meant humanity as it is today. There will probably be genetically-modified humans with some characteristics of other animals, cyborgs, and different human species for different worlds( taking into account the effects of high/low gravity and radiation on the development of children).