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by Gary E. Andrews - 04/15/24 07:08 PM
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Hi Folks,
I saw the story on the Asteroid that is supposed to hit earth on April 13th, 2036 and it made me wonder what everyone would do if we really knew it was coming and there was nothing we could do? (There's a 1 in 45,000 thousand shot at it apparently).
What would happen in wars? Would it escalate it or eliminate it?
What would happen with jobs and taxes and working for a living? Would people immedately stop showing up for work?
What about families and kids and marriage and social structure? Would it all break down and disappear or would it get stronger?
Would people be more or less inclined to make art, movies, literature etc.. if they knew it's life span would max out at 29 years?
Would religion and political difference become more intense or less?
I'd love to hear your thoughts?
Brian
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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They made a couple of movies about this...
Armageddon & Deep Impact. Gotta love the Hollywood style. Essentially, they figured out how to blow up the Asteroid so that it wouldn't completely annihilate Earth. Deep Impact was a big more about the human element of the story. Armageddon was more about the heroics of saving the Earth.
In each movie the Hollywood effect of people uniting was evident. One would hope that would really be what happens.
Jody
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Well.. that was because they had a chance to save the world. What if it was hopeless? There was no way to avoid it or get rid of it? Then what?
Brian
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Start working on that Lunar or Martian space base. I wonder how they would pick who to "save" if they had a off planet base.
It figures, I'll be 66 and just qualify for Social Security benefits if it's still around.
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I'd start eating bacon, and smoking cigarettes, having chocolate bars for breakfast. I'd call up those publishers who turned my songs down and tell them what I really thought. Hug my kids, kiss my wife and write the last doggone song in the world.
You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash It's only music. -niteshift Mike Dunbar Music
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I am surprised more people haven't chimed in... come on folks.. this is an interesting topic to ponder..
Brian
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I think the intersting thing about this story is that there are things we can do. While this astroid is to small to kill us off and the odds a low this event will happen, it does point out the need for tracking other astroids and mitigating potential threats. We won't nuke these things as that could make things worse. Their is talk of using a "gravity tractor" which simply entails flying a space craft near enough to the object so that the attraction of the mass of the two will alter the orbit of the astroid which is entirely within our current capcity. They estimate they would need to move it for 12 days if we did this the first chance we got or muc longer if we wait for the next chance. While correction of this event is likely unnecessary, getting ready to actually do it might pay off if we suddenly find a quicker more dangerous event in the near future. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0726/p01s04-stss.html
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Hey... I understand the science behind this threat.. but I am more interest in the discussion of what would happen IF we couldn't stop it and it was big enough to destroy earth. How would people react if we all knew that in 29 years we'll all be gone no matter what happens? Would people get more violent or less? More artistic or less? Would they keep having kids (intentionally anyway) or avoid it? I think it's rife with interesting discussion but no one wants to play.
Brian
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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I think it's one of those things that you won't know what you'd do until it's too late.
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Well, it's not the asteroid hitting that's 100% of the problem. Even if it's a near miss the effects on the planet could be significant.... volcanic eruptions, tectonic shifts, and there are some models that put the asteroid effecting and even perhaps hitting the moon. An asteroid that size is bound to have smaller objects that might break free and fall to earth as well. So, it's a problem. And since large object impact has happened to the earth before, we'd be stupid to think it couldn't happen again and perhaps Apophis' passing will push technology forward to deal with this potential problem. Also, Apophis will pass us twice... it will pass again on it's way back around the sun. It's possible if the asteroid is in a particular sweet spot (keyhole) on the second pass that it could hit. NOVA just had a great episode on this. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3313/01.htmlI think a lot of people, the masses, would freak out. I mean, just look at the chaos that ensues in a natural disaster, or situations like the LA riots...... I think the lowest common denominator of humanity would adopt an 'everything for ourselves' attitude and it would become pretty lawless. I think that some folks will go live in their churches for the last couple of days and spend their time in prayer. Not sure what I'd do. Hmmmm......Eat all the chocoate I want!!! Yeah that's it!!! and ice cream and french fries!!! ...lol
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With 29 years to go, I believe most people would not significantly alter their lives or behavior, under the false assumption that someone will figure something out. As doom neared, a few years out (maybe 3 years, or so) from impact people's behavior would likely begin to change. As with all worldly events, I think we would see panic, heroism, pure evil, plenty of con artistry, governments that will be rendered useless and ineffectual, and a few that would try to capitalize on the turmoil. Some major corporations will exploit the situation and a bunch of startups will try to make money on the panicking public.
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