Will humans still exist in 200 years?

[Narz]

If not, why not? If so, what will be the state of things. Give a future history of the next 200 years. Will population be increased or reduced? Will we have colonized places beyond Earth? Will we have found a way to live without drastically reducing bio-diversity as we are now? What says you?

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Within 200 years we'll be in the grip of a global warming induced ice age. As a result, billions of people will have been displaced, other billions long dead from famine, and our entire agricultural and economic system will have been turned on its head. Population will be much reduced.

 

[Panzerking]

I agree with Bozo Erectus. The rising of the oceans will have had a devastating effect all across the world. (You only need to look at the recent Tsunami for an idea of the damage that can be caused). Countries such as Japan (low to sea-level and with a vast population) will be hit the hardest and there will be huge innundations of people moving in land leading to millions of refugees.
For us in the UK, the most alarming thing is the warm air corridor which stretches from South America, up the Atlantic Ocean to give the UK (and other areas of Europe) warm weather. Scientists are already worried that if temperatures continue to rise the melting ice caps could cause this warm-front (which has existed for thousands of years) to dissappear making England like Siberia!!

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

Yes, we are too scared of apocalypse to let it happen.

 

[punkbass2000]

Well, what do mean by the term "human"?

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Infertiliy is increasing, people are having less children and the Y chromosome is slowly disappearing from what I read at one place...

 

[The Fjonis]

I'd guess that a new, deadly, world-spanning flu-like virus like the Spanish flu will break out quite soon, unstoppable by antivirals due to its rapid mutations. With today's movement of people and such, the virus will soon be spread all around the globe --> 90% of the population will be wiped out. The remaining 10% will struggle badly with climate changes and stuff in the coming years. Enjoy life while you can !

Oh and BTW - if today's development concerning CO2 emissions continue for 100 years, everywhere you go the air will feel like that of a crowded, poorly ventilated classroom (1000 ppm CO2). Hooray!

OK, maybe not overly optimistic, but hey - I have my exams coming up in a few weeks and I'm kinda depressed at the moment.

 

[classical_hero]

Of course we will stil exist.

 

[Taliesin]

I read in the paper yesterday that a German researcher has calculated that there are millions of tonnes of dandruff in the atmosphere, blocking the sun and causing rain. He said that 25% of particulate matter in the atmosphere is biological, and a large (but still undetermined) percentage of this is dandruff. He also blames this for the asthma epidemic.

Bottom line-- forget carbon dioxide and volcanoes, we will simply destroy ourselves in a much grosser fashion. The numbers are clear: the world production of Head and Shoulders simply can't keep pace with the rate of population increase, so this problem will only get worse. Humanity is doomed.

 

[CenturionV]

Yep, and far better than we are today (at least morally, who can say what living conditions will be like, the average lifespan, and all that largely trivial stuff)

 

[~Corsair#01~]

Seek and ye shall find.

Apocalyptic guesswork has been going from the dawn of humanity..... We're still here.

I'm sure with the sciences of today we can discover ways to die in vast numbers by the hour. Doesn't mean they're any more likely to happen than they were a thousand ytears ago.

I seek to remain positive about humanity's future. If we do all die at hands of cosmic dandruff, well... I'll owe you a tenner then.

 

[luiz]

Yes, we will exist... and the people from that time will laugh at those of us who believed in iminent apocalypse, just like we laugh of those who believed in it in the past...

It's interesting how there is always some popular apocalyptical theory. First the biblical version, then the fear of endless global wars, then the fear of a nuclear confrontation, and now the "trendy apocalypse" is related to global warming. Of course there are also other versions, like the one that claims that when oil runs out we will all fight to death. Another one states the same thing, only replacing oil with water.

They are of course all wrong, because they take a couple of facts and exaggerate to the point of nonsense. In 200 years we will be alive and most probably well.

 

[North King]

Depends... I think we'll either continue in our present state, have devolved, or maybe gotten to the point where space travel is regular for the big corporations and governments... Or destroyed.

 

[HamaticBabylon]

Verybody will by then, understand the value of religious scientific thinking and find no need for money....

 

[Aphex_Twin]

The sky is falling! Oh Gracious what will come of us?

 

[Dida]

I don't know if the human race will continue to exist in 200 years. One thing I do know is that I will not exist at that time.

 

[Yom]

I hope so. Chance are that we will still exist. Even if some large war or catastrophic event kills off most of us, we'll still exist.

 

[DAv2003]

We''ll still exist. Human beings are a right bunch of stubborn buggers.

 

[anarchywrksbest]

I plan to live forever so I'll come back whenever they invent time travel and tell you.

 

[greenman1234]

i think we will still be around. there might be another war but that wont kill everyone. on the topic of global warming, its been going on since the last ice age, we didnt cause it.