Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button?

Live Science ^ | September 2, 2010 | Jeremy Hsu

[bigheadfred]

Have I got time to get a pizza and get laid?

Is this like repeating oneself?

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"Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button?"

Relax...extinction is the rule, not the exception.

[LiberConservative]

Bring it on! Survival of the fittest at work. 90% of the earth's human population will get wiped out. And out of the remaining 10% the self-sufficient conservatives will weed out the 0bama/socialist/communist/Marxist who are too busy looking for the now non-existent government to take care of them. The Earth will be run by conservatives.

Again: BRING IT ON!

[gleeaikin]

I don’t know about unwarranted anxiety. Here in the midatlantic region we had record snowfalls last winter with mild freezing. This summer we are having record heat. Russia is having record drought, and will not export any wheat. Pakistan started out with record heat, recording in one place 129 degrees F. Then, of course the record floods because warm air holds more moisture to become rain when it hits the mountains. It also seems the lower North Atlantic ocean is having record temperatures.

I am not anxious, but I have 10 gallons of water stored for emergencies, and a 3 month supply of food.

[Rocky]

Oh my gosh. The Discovery Channel killer was right. People need to stop reproducing. The only way to save the planet is to stop people from reproducing.

Or not.

[Scythian]

Awesome, I hope this massive event takes place on Tuesday morning, I’ll take my three day weekend and say “In your face destruction” !!!

[SunkenCiv]

related, I think the source is unusable though:

• Mass Extinctions Change the Rules of Evolution by Brandon Keim September 2, 2010 Wired

[decimon]

I would take exception to the first sentence of that as I don’t believe there is any “preordained course” in any theory of evolution.