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Read about '''human dieoff''' at | Read about '''human dieoff''' at [http://dieoff.org|dieoff.org]. There are many theories of how this will or could happen, too many to list here, but here are some major ones: | ||
*(totally credible) [[nuclear winter]] theories re the disruption of climate by [[nuclear weapon]]s being used in large numbers; Risk of this is believed to be less now that USSR is gone, and the USA is no longer on hair-trigger alert. | *(totally credible) [[nuclear winter]] theories re the disruption of climate by [[nuclear weapon]]s being used in large numbers; Risk of this is believed to be less now that USSR is gone, and the USA is no longer on hair-trigger alert. | ||
*(extremely credible) [[climate change]] theories re: [[extinction]] and [[mass social disruption]] as over 3 billion people are directly affected by disasters - see [[w:IPCC|IPCC]] numbers and letters signed by ALL Nobel Prize winners on Earth. | *(extremely credible) [[climate change]] theories re: [[extinction]] and [[mass social disruption]] as over 3 billion people are directly affected by disasters - see [[w:IPCC|IPCC]] numbers and letters signed by ALL Nobel Prize winners on Earth. | ||
*(somewhat credible) [[civilization lifecycle]] theories re: [[energy subsidy]] rising to the point that a civilization can no longer afford to keep gathering energy, at which point it dies, see [[w:Joseph Tainter|Joseph Tainter]] in particular on this. | *(somewhat credible) [[civilization lifecycle]] theories re: [[energy subsidy]] rising to the point that a civilization can no longer afford to keep gathering energy, at which point it dies, see [[w:Joseph Tainter|Joseph Tainter]] in particular on this. | ||
*( | *(much less credible) [[peak oil]] theories regarding the loss of [[fossil fuel]] supply and perhaps rising conflict over who will control it | ||
*(credible only to [[trolls]]) theories regarding [[sysopism]] taking over and making dissent impossible to express, so that whatever disasters occur, no one will be able to point them out in advance or take any steps to prevent them; a [[sysop vandalism]] mentality could prevail where bureaucrats destroy thoughts in order to frustrate and drive away those whose thoughts disturb them; ''this may be a variant of the [[civilization lifecycle]] theories - there are also (trivial) [[wiki lifecycle]] theories, e.g. at [[Meatball Wiki]], that more or less say something like this.'' | |||
*(credible only to [[trolls]]) theories regarding [[sysopism]] taking over and making dissent impossible to express, so that whatever disasters occur, no one will be able to point them out in advance or take any steps to prevent them; a [[sysop vandalism]] mentality could prevail where bureaucrats destroy thoughts in order to frustrate and drive away those whose | |||