Where will the world be in 200 years?

[Kuja`s #1]

Well have 1000x the ammount of weapons(which are also 100x more powerful and destructive than today's) that we have at this time. We'll use these weapons to destroy the world. A utopian society is a dream that we'll NEVER even come close to.

[Xenn]

Artificial brain implants.

[Mantralord]

Colgate will develop a toothpaste that whitens your teeth so much, they're Ango-Saxon Protestant.

[DaFrigginDoctah]

I'll be lone gone, let my grandkids worry about that shit.

[!King_Amazon!]

The world will be in the bathroom taking a huge shit.

[Sovereign]

Hopefully we would have grown more responsible with the weapons that we have, and live in a better society then we do now. But thats just wishful thinking.

I'll be lone gone, let my grandkids worry about that shit.

Sucks to be you. I plan to live forever.

[Demosthenes]

dont think the human race'll be around in 200 yrs...but who knows

[J_iceman]

i'll still be at home, here at zelaron :-P

[Jessifer]

We'll probably be polluting another planet. Hm.

[-=Rico-GP=-]

In 200 years everything will be instant.

In 2000 years everyone will be dead.

[RaZ]

im gonna say are entire race will be wiped out by that point, and i dont think we will have the means of technology to take us to a inhabitable planet, seeing how the closest possible one is like 10 light years away.

[Grav]

I have more faith in the human race than that. Well, in the way that they will survive. They'd probably end up killing 90% of the population though.

[Demosthenes]

in the last 100 yrs there have been 2 global scale wars...

imagine if another happend

[-=Rico-GP=-]

maybe we'll learn from our mistakes































*cough*

[Demosthenes]

one can hope...but thats it

[Kuja]

Without life there is no death.
Without death there is no life.
This is how life work.

We are good at killing each other and we always get better.
It is how we evolve.

We can turn a cure into a weapon in no time and that weapon will be able to do more damage then the cure could ever hope to save.

Yet we cannot take a weapon and transform it to save more the 1/10 the life it can destroy.(If not less)

We are not builder we are destroyer.
We will be there in 200 with much more efficient way to destroy.

I beleive one day we no longer will be called human. We will be called Destroyers Of Worlds.

[Eddie_Perez]

Human race in 200 years? PiSh PoSH!

[Penny_Bags]

To quote Al Einstein, "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will
be fought with sticks and stones." Yeah, the next World War WILL destroy the world. Period.

[Thanatos]

Sad, but true. I just hope it's not in our lifetime.

[rusher657]

There will be hover jets and cars it will be awesome. And the world will be at peace.

[Sovereign]

Thats a very probable scenario. In fact, i believe there are hover cars out now. They are just insainly expensive, and loud from what i have heard. I saw this on tv, i think the discovery channel a while ago. So what you said has a very very good chance of happening.

[Eddie_Perez]

Lol, just look at the 70's movies and how they pictured the world in the year 2000... Since in 15 years, pc's have gone from, playing pong to fully detailed flight simulation(gaming wise).

[Chruser]

Let's see, compound freon gas makes it possible to alter the martian atmosphere in about a hundred years, freeing oxygen that can be sustained by something similar to our geosphere. I'd have to expect about 50 years before we actually send missions like this to Mars though, so we'll have to wait and see.

What else? Hmm, I'm sure we will have found out the truth about dark matter, and why the glaxies of the universe move away from each other with an accelerated speed. Looking back at the past evolution of earth, where we've gone from Chinese rapid fire crossbows in the 11th century, to sub-machineguns 10 centuries later, or Greek flamethrowers before christ to... Modern flamethrowers without much of a difference, I don't think our technological evolution might be so exponential as we think.

We'll most definitely be out of raffined, carbonized fuel in about 70 years, leading to a requirement of finding better sources of energy. Solar power is a waste of power so far, so it could be developed greatly. Fusion or singularity related energy would be ideal, but of course, lots of energy can be used to develop horrendous weapons of mass destruction.
Considering roughly 66.8 milligrams of mass (6.7*10^-5 kg) gives slightly more than the equivalent power of what an average, modern nuclear reactor produces in an entire year, I'm sure you can imagine what the future might hold at bay for us. On top of this, back in 2001, the entire world consumed a total energy equivalent to roughly 553 kilograms of mass. Care to sacrifice your car to power the entire world for 2-3 years of time?

[Jessifer]

I feel like I'm in the bastard child combination of an Advanced Math class and an Economics class...

[OmniFalcon]

1. Hamsters will be overlords, and use their pellet guns to enforce the rules of a pure etopian society!
2. Computers will be hand-held with speeds up to 1,000,000 GHZ! and Hard Drives with up to 1,000,000 T-Bytes of SPACE and COUNTER-STRIKE WILL BE THE SUPREME OVERLORD OF ALL GAMES AND ALL STUDENTS (pre-skool to collaj) WILL HAVE A CLASS THAT WILL TEACH THEM THE BASICS OF THIS CLASS *laff*

[Jamesadin]

Im sure the human race will destroy itself by that time.

[Xenn]

Actually, if we aren't exterminated, I have a feeling neural integration will be everywhere. As in, you can do anything electronic with your mind, and much more than we can contemplate doing now.

[Hades-Knight]

Im really hoping that WW3 is fought in my lifetime.......I'd be the first person to grab a fucking rifle!!!

I also hope that it is fought in American continent.......no more of that euro battlefield crap...time to show americans what its really like!

[Eddie_Perez]

True, American's have never experience anything like real war. Imagine Iraq troops come to your small town and murder everyone like the U.S. troops did in Vietnam.

[uncapped]

I sure hope it isn't in America. I'd be the first fucking town to get taken over, since I'm in Rhode Island.

[Mantralord]

Good thing I live in Florida...there's absolutely nothing in Florida of use to anyone. Except nuclear power...NASA...Disney World...

Yep, if war ever breaks out, we're pretty safe.

[Jessifer]

There isn't much in Michigan to bomb....Well. Except maybe the (previously) Upjohn HQ right here in my town. ;;>.>

[!King_Amazon!]

There's a nuclear power plant about 10 miles from my house.

[Jessifer]

Yipes. I'll cry for you if it's bombed. And then I promise to dance naked on your grave.

[!King_Amazon!]

Cry for south carolina, virginia, tennessee, west virginia, and most of georgia too.(I don't think I forgot anyone.)

[Jessifer]

That's a lot of places for me to go and dance naked around...

[Kuja`s #1]

If it does blow-up, maybe you'll just be a mutant freak and be discriminated the rest of your life.

Or maybe you won't even be in the state at that time. Or maybe Jesus will kill Santa. These are all probable situations.

[Jessifer]

Anywho, I'll be dead long before 200 years comes by. So I don't care what's happening around then.


...Unless I'm reincarnated. Which in that case, it would probably suck to be alive.

[Kuja`s #1]

You cou7ld be re-incarnated as a cockroach. Nasty, but you'll be alive during the nuclear destruction.

[Jessifer]

How pleasant...

[!King_Amazon!]

I wouldn't be a mutant, I'd be dead.

[Voodoo_D0ll]

In 200 years I think we will still be alive and kicking it. I mean if you see some of the early outer limits episodes, you could notice that alot of the stuff considered science fiction back than, is science today. I mean we have robots moving, walking talkings. I'm sure the pentogan had many hidden things we never knew about. In time techonolgy will take us down. No there will not be a terminator after you, however think about what launches air heads? Computers. Thinks about what 3 computers can do in 10 minutes.

[haplo]

im either living for ever or gona die at 28. so if i die i dont care bout 200 years from now and if i live i dont mater wut happens to all yall cause il be livin large off shit u left when u died.

[J_iceman]

imagine in 2000 years humans will evolve to people like the X-Men!! being able to have powers to dystroy everyone!!!!

[Voodoo_D0ll]

Now that would be cool...ooh, ooh, I'm going to be wolverine.;)

[Kuja]

imagine in 2000 years humans will evolve to people like the X-Men!! being able to have powers to dystroy everyone!!!!
Dont you think there a flaw in what you just said ?
If we all evolve like this we wont have the power to destroy everyone. Since everyone will be stronger and more resistant.

[J_iceman]

well there has to be a person who would become the most powerful like whats his name...the apocolips )spelled wrong i bet) and/ or get a GROUP of super powered people and TAKE OVER THE UNIVERSE!!! ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaa.....there are no limits :-P

[Jessifer]

The Earth is already ruled by stupid people. Just take a look at the world leaders (*koffBushkoff*). We don't need stupid people who can blow shit up just by looking at it, however.

[Jamesadin]

Good thing I live in Florida...there's absolutely nothing in Florida of use to anyone.

Except close access and ports which control the Gulf of Mexico.

[Voodoo_D0ll]

psst..i might get killed for telling you this...but Florida is made out of 93% Uranium, and Plutonium...Oh, and there are over 21 secret labs that control over 10,000 warheads! not:)

[Tai]

The science fiction of yesterday is the science fact today. As will the science fiction of today be the science fact tomorrow. Just look at the stories. We'll probably be living amongst the stars, colonizing other planets, and interacting with other stellar species.

Now for a bit of querky wierdness I remember hearing somewhere....

"Humans were put on this earth by aliens! And why?! We were too powerful! Long long ago humans were the dominant species in the universe! We could shift stars and move galaxies with our minds! We were tyranical, and destroyed and destroyed. The aliens finally defeated us, and engineered us to be stupid, then put us here. Now, we must awake, and take what is ours!"

Now that fella probably had too much of that thar homemade moonshine, but who am I to judge crazies.

Btw, if you dont know, the concept of moving things with your thoughts is called "Tibetin Tulpa", not psychokenisis, etc. It's supposedly possible, and is actually the highest achievable artform possible. Hell if I know, but it sure would be interesting to be able to bring thoughts to life. I've heard someone has been able to do it, but no one has proof.


As for the world in 200 years, we'll probably have colonized several planets in our system, and be exploring out and around it. As for wars, sure there will be more, that's inevitable. Question is, the "true power" behind all the governments, all the presidents, all the world leaders, are supposedly making sure wars happen, but also making sure that we all dont die, and most certainly they don't either. *shrug*

Btw, the thing about the "true power" is supposed to be a group of humans who are superior, and control the rest of the humans from behind the scenes, and pull all the strings. If its true, then all the people you see on the news or hear about don't make the decisions. Or atleast not the important ones.

[J_iceman]

they had this discussion on discover channel, talking about the brain, remember watching that movie, "the shadow" where "you can cloud the minds of men" it talks about the part of the brain that is used to do such things!!

[rusher657]

imagine in 2000 years humans will evolve to people like the X-Men!! being able to have powers to dystroy everyone!!!!
Well I would still win cause I would do a comyahamya (I think I spelled it right.) wave and kill every one.

[Tai]

You spelled it horribly wrong, and find something more interesting then DBZ for gods sake.

[rusher657]

Ok well back on topic. I think the world will be gone in 200 years or at world peace.

[!King_Amazon!]

Kamehameha*

[Jessifer]

Ok well back on topic. I think the world will be gone in 200 years or at world peace.

Peace will never exist, IMO. Most humans are rather hot-headed by nature.

[Narcissa]

i dont think humans will even exhist.. pollution and overpopulation.. maybe?

[Sovereign]

Ever heard of a population curve? As more people are born, food runs low. Eventually there wont be enough food, so people will die, that will bring the human pop down. Since there are less people, food pop will grow. and itll keep cycleing. I dont think that over population will be a problem that casuses extinction, but it will is a bad and serious issue that we have to deal with today.

[Narcissa]

Okay, good,look in nature.. when a population reaches its limit ( that is in resources ) most will die.. and the few left feed the new growth. its a cycle.. as you said... but....our case its pretty extreme tho.. land will be shrinking... it depends on how fast the polar ice caps melt.. and if/when the population rises and falls we will be rebuilding from scratch again.. and by the time we get into the state we are in now again we may have evolved? .. therefore not really human..

[Jessifer]

Well, we can say for sure that cremation will be nessesary after death. There's only so much room for grave sites.

[pnaidork]

hm.. i think there will be trash everywhere...and tons more homeless people

[Sovereign]

Whys that? Youd think that after 200 more years of agricultural evolution, there would be enough public housing.

[pnaidork]

ah yes, so they would have a home. but then im thinking that people are probably going to get more greedy, so they will still be poor. oh well, they still have their home i guess

[J_iceman]

c'mon dont forget that there are lands in the DESERTS that
can accomadate housing as well!!!, and by the time that happens we will be living in mars and other planets multiplying like a bad virus !!

[Jessifer]

Or an overly horny rabbit?

[Sovereign]

and by the time that happens we will be living in mars and other planets multiplying like a bad virus !!

That may not actually happen. Mars has very little atmosphere. Wed have to pump it up wiht ozone to make at atmosphere. Then the long ass trip to get there... i dont think 200 years will be a time where this is absolutely required for the human race.

[Tai]

I personally vouch for overly horny rabbit, instead of virus.

[Sovereign]

Its the same thing.....massive population outburst. I think were more like the rabit though....we dont multiply exponentially every time we reproduce.

[Tai]

Earth's estimated capacity for human life is supposed to be around 30 billion. Personally I think human civilization will expand into much much smaller groups, and live in space. Much like small colonies, or individual groups. BIg problem with earth is all the wars and fighting, that's mainly cause there's too many of us, and too many that are too different.

[RaZ]

The human race is starting to hit a population plateau soon just as many people will be dying of starvation as of those being born.

[KagomJack]

200 years? Either destroyed (Jesus' second coming maybe? Not everyone here will agree, even I don't agree XD) or a much more desolate place where we will have to make water because water will be very scarce (this was an issue in a Marine's magazine a co-worker's husband had)

[Sovereign]

I doubt we will drain the ocean in 200 years as well. There are ways to clean water from teh ocean to make it drinkable.

[Jessifer]

That, and we already re-use our water. Just think. In a way, you're drinking everyone's pee.


Oooh! Eew! ^_^

[Dan XIII]

I don't drink pee.It isn't very healthy and probably wouldn't taste very good.Maybe I should find out.

[Sovereign]

Dont be so paranoid. It is highly filtered. Lake water contains fish piss and shit, so whats the difference?

[Jessifer]

You know, when the Jews were all put in concentration camps, they had no choice but to drink their pee. True fact.

[KagomJack]

i was thinking...200 years. And decided to change what I thought. The earth will be obsolete, we will have been scattered in the Second Disapora. Than we will be found on a lot of planets, moons, and space stations We will have mastered the art of artificial cultivation on other planets and in space...

[Sovereign]

Must better adn more realistical tehn your other one

[Jessifer]

Giant. Meteor.

[Sovereign]

Huh? No celestial body of mass has been descovered that wil hit earth in 200 years. I believe the closest one on a colission course with eart is tutanis, in like 900 years.

[Jessifer]

Meh. Oh well.

[Penguin]

Huh? No celestial body of mass has been descovered that wil hit earth in 200 years. I believe the closest one on a colission course with eart is tutanis, in like 900 years.

http://www.planetary.org/html/news/articlearchive/headlines/2002/Images/Troino-Chart.jpg

[KagomJack]

Well, since I had mentioned that, it won't be a meteorite. It will be a nuclear warhead that goes off in the earth's core, in fact, several of them. And in 200 years, we will be going through artificial cultivation. But in 500 years, humanity will have gotten to the point where it can handle the cold of space and will only need the oxygen tanks to go outside.

[Sovereign]

Wishful thinking my friend. It will take millenia for us to evolve to even begin that adaptation, and that would only happen if nature had reason to make man resistant to such cold temp.

[Penguin]

http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/gallery/ac92-0249.gif

Haxx

[Jessifer]

That's rather frightening. o_O

[Sovereign]

Not at all. That illustration smeems to look like its big enough to be the one that created the moon. By the way for those who dont know. Scientists speculate that a large mars sized celestial body collided with the earth. The matter ejected into space created the moon. Penguin in fact has a thread about this in teh conspiracy forum

[Jessifer]

Hm. Maybe...The earth will be over-run by demonic flying penguins?

[Sovereign]

not possible, unless penguins are going to be bullit proof.

[Jessifer]

Awe...

How about demonic kittens, then?

[J_iceman]

in 200 years there would be flying penguins??....that would be kick ass!! imagine there droppings hitting your car !!

[Jessifer]

It's highly unlikely that they will. If anything, I picture them becoming more and more like fish.

[Sovereign]

Be realistic -_-.

[Jessifer]

It's panda's who will fly. *giggle* Imagine THOSE droppings!

[Sovereign]

Those could kill if released at a high enough altitude. Imagine reading in the papers: "Man killed by falling flying panda shit"

[Jessifer]

Oh god. The mental image! It's horrible!

[KagomJack]

Quote: "It's panda's who will fly. *giggle* Imagine THOSE droppings!

Those could kill if released at a high enough altitude. Imagine reading in the papers: "Man killed by falling flying panda shit"

What are the odds of this being reality in 200 years? On a serious note. And, I think that humans will learn to adapt fairly quickly

[Jessifer]

If you want serious, then here: Every member of this forum will be dead by then. Guarenteed. Including myself.

[Kuja]

Nah i wont. I will download my consciousness in a hd then i will spread myself everywhere in the net. I will take over the world!

[Jessifer]

Then I pray I live just long enough as to not experience that.