Ah... does it really matter? I won't probably be here so a big oh well to those in the future. lol.
just kiding. who knows?

Lord No, I never have any good luck :D We may kill off a bunch of us in Wars, greed, selfishness, or old fashioned stupidity, but at the rate we reproduce we'll still be around.

it doesnt mean that we "lack the intelligence to wield it intelligently". its just because mankind is uncooperative. alot of people just dont care and do what they can to entertain/help themselves even if they could do something to help the mankind. and maybe they are the intelligent ones. this concern will not touch our own lives.

I think we have made ourselves the technological equal of the cockroach.I think we will only be completely removed from exsistance by sudden ice age,astorid,or the like.That is unless before that we have managed to "infect" other planets before it comes.The way I look at it is every kind of life gets a chance to roll the dice and make the best of thier run.Heck the dinos went around 150 million years on thiers we ain't gonna come even close, but we still win they never came up with pong. ;)

it doesnt mean that we "lack the intelligence to wield it intelligently". its just because mankind is uncooperative. alot of people just dont care and do what they can to entertain/help themselves even if they could do something to help the mankind. and maybe they are the intelligent ones. this concern will not touch our own lives.</font>[/QUOTE]Well, if we were very intelligent we'd see the advantages of being cooperative and how much more we could achieve if we worked together, wouldn't we?

Humans are stupid. That is a fact. Perhaps not compared to for example.... Dung beetles, but compared to ants or bees we certainly are. They've got a good, cooperative society where everyone works for the greater good and not for the greater greed. Imagine what we could do if we had a hive mind..... All of our power and skills would be focused excellently where it was needed and noone would go against the others in order to further themselves.....

I think this is a bit of a selective reading of the question really my tentacled martial artist friend... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

The question isn't whether or not a natural disaster, or the universe collapsing, etc, will destroy the planet. Its whether or not the human race will destroy itself one day.

I agree, there is no way we can know the answer for certain, but we can definately get an inkling of what we are doing as a race. And we can certainly do something about it. Its like saying of the nuclear war threat in India and Pakistan: "They might fire it, who knows and who cares. We can't so anything about it". Well, some people can do something about it, and they are members of the human race as well.

Far from being powerless to stop its own actions the human race is the only thing with the power to stop itself destroying itself (ain't that a mouthful...).

it doesnt mean that we "lack the intelligence to wield it intelligently". its just because mankind is uncooperative. alot of people just dont care and do what they can to entertain/help themselves even if they could do something to help the mankind. and maybe they are the intelligent ones. this concern will not touch our own lives.</font>[/QUOTE]Well, if we were very intelligent we'd see the advantages of being cooperative and how much more we could achieve if we worked together, wouldn't we?

Humans are stupid. That is a fact. Perhaps not compared to for example.... Dung beetles, but compared to ants or bees we certainly are. They've got a good, cooperative society where everyone works for the greater good and not for the greater greed. Imagine what we could do if we had a hive mind..... All of our power and skills would be focused excellently where it was needed and noone would go against the others in order to further themselves.....</font>[/QUOTE]yes, youre right about that. if we(mankind) would always cooperate, then that would mean that there would have never been ANY wars between the human race and that would change our lives alot. but also remember that technology comes with war(countries try new ways to win battles).

Er, I doubt we will EVER function as a hive community. A human's brain is so complex that no two are exact, and no two have EXCACTLY the same goal, as in hive situations. The short story is, we're all individuals, and while some want to all work together, there'll always be some who stand out.

as long as we keep dedicating our existance to this single solitary hunk of rock in space we will be doomed, we must be able to break free, let go, and move on to other, better, places...

here's the deal

I gain Godly powers and tentacles and will stop humanity destroying itself - how's that for a bargain? ;)