Razors Edge ★ Posted September 29, 2021 Share #1 Posted September 29, 2021 ...if a truly "life ending" meteor strike is imminent? Say we get a week's notice? Would that result in a week of violence and insanity followed by immediate immolation? Or, do you think it would be nice to have a few days to do whatever you wanted before the immolation? How about a year's notice? Or a decade in advance? Total destruction of the Earth guaranteed, so no special tricks other than maybe a short term bonus period on the ISS? What could be the upside of knowing in advance, especially more than a few hours or days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted September 29, 2021 Share #2 Posted September 29, 2021 I say a week's notice would be fine. A year is too long, and people would starve as farmers decide to enjoy the time they have left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted September 29, 2021 Just now, Randomguy said: I say a week's notice would be fine. A year is too long, and people would starve as farmers decide to enjoy the time they have left. What if, say, just the elites got notice? We could let the commoners keep going in blissful ignorance??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted September 29, 2021 Share #4 Posted September 29, 2021 Scientists, like I'm going to believe them. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted September 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, donkpow said: Scientists, like I'm going to believe them. Astronomers! Or, better yet, ASTROLOGERS!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 29, 2021 Share #6 Posted September 29, 2021 Nope. Just let it end. With any sort of warning, people would go crazy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted September 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, jsharr said: Nope. Just let it end. With any sort of warning, people would go crazy. What if, by getting EVERY single man, woman, & child in the world to jump simultaneously, we could knock the Earth out of orbit (and out of the path of the meteor)? But it would be a one-in-a-million shot???? How about in that situation?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted September 29, 2021 Share #8 Posted September 29, 2021 43 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: ...if a truly "life ending" meteor strike is imminent? Say we get a week's notice? Would that result in a week of violence and insanity followed by immediate immolation? Or, do you think it would be nice to have a few days to do whatever you wanted before the immolation? How about a year's notice? Or a decade in advance? Total destruction of the Earth guaranteed, so no special tricks other than maybe a short term bonus period on the ISS? What could be the upside of knowing in advance, especially more than a few hours or days? Knowing a year in advance might be enough time to launch a nuclear bomb and hope to blow it off course and into smaller pieces. Those who are religious might want to know so they can make peace with their god(s) if only a short time was involved. Otherwise, all the bad guys would be doing everything they could to the good guys, so it would be better off not knowing for the short term. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted September 29, 2021 Share #9 Posted September 29, 2021 16 minutes ago, jsharr said: Nope. Just let it end. With any sort of warning, people would go crazy. Would go crazy? Naaa. We have demonstrated great stability over the last couple of years. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted September 29, 2021 Share #10 Posted September 29, 2021 21 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Would go crazy? Naaa. We have demonstrated great stability over the last couple of years. Ah, yes, but we've also shown resilience and ingenuity to quickly develop a free, safe, effective and readily available to all means to avert more disaster. So, yeah, we're getting hit with a meteor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted September 29, 2021 Share #11 Posted September 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Razors Edge said: What if, say, just the elites got notice? We could let the commoners keep going in blissful ignorance??? Wait, WE are the elites? Anyway, like Donkpow said, nobody is gonna believe the scientists, and every stupid conspiracy theory is gonna get tossed around again by half of this country at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted September 29, 2021 Share #12 Posted September 29, 2021 Maybe we can finally get a decent congress because I'm pretty sure the rats in DC will be jumping ship first. EOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted September 30, 2021 Share #13 Posted September 30, 2021 In the end, it won't really matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted September 30, 2021 Share #14 Posted September 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Razors Edge said: What if, by getting EVERY single man, woman, & child in the world to jump simultaneously, we could knock the Earth out of orbit (and out of the path of the meteor)? But it would be a one-in-a-million shot???? How about in that situation?!?!? Or if the flat earthers are right, we could move everybody to one side and tip the earth up on edge to present a smaller target. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted September 30, 2021 Share #15 Posted September 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Razors Edge said: What if, by getting EVERY single man, woman, & child in the world to jump simultaneously, we could knock the Earth out of orbit (and out of the path of the meteor)? But it would be a one-in-a-million shot???? How about in that situation?!?!? You'd only want to do the Northern Hemisphere. Otherwise the Aussies with their kangaroos and wallabies would counteract the European efforts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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