Wednesday, March 26, 2014

The end of the world is nigh -- again, darn

The last end of the world in 2012 was not very science based, a critical difference to the recent NASA study which tells us the collapse of civilization is going to happen.

At some point. Maybe soon maybe not so soon.

They used an interesting model called "predator-prey" model to describe human pressures on the planet's resources. If you have not been living under a rock recently turned over for mineral mining or fracking you know that end time predictions pop up regularly.

Why would the NASA study be more accurate than, say, the Club of Rome "Limits of Growth"? Oh, you've never heard of that one? Our point.

Well, we do not know, but science has been getting better. And don't forget, humans won't disappear if the model is correct.

There will be fewer of us, the lights will go out in many places. Starting over is what humans do well.

In the meantime, be nice to your neighbor, he knows where you live.


No comments:

Post a Comment