> Red mist :
>
> > I've been really surprised how many people on this list have been so
> > wuick to dismiss this theory without looking at the evidence or even
> > thinking about it. Just because something goes against your veiw of the
> > world doesn't mean it isn't true. A lot of people think that the earth
> > will be here forever but that may not be the case and if it isn't then
> > it's best to be prepared for it.
> >
> > I would expect more from a group which always claims it has an open mind
> > --
> > Only the weak are blind when the mist descends
> > red_mist
>
> Red_mist, I like you and I understand your point, but you are forgetting a
> major fact. Most of us have gone through this argument many times in our lives.
> The results are usually the same, or close to it. Ill give you an example, if a 6
> year old came to you and said it was safe to cross the street without looking,
> and he had friends who had and nothing bad happened to them when they tried. No
> matter what he told you, you would know better, you would know that in all
> probability, eventually, someone whould get hit by a car. To the 6 year old you
> are close minded, but you know that is not the case, you have experience with the
> subject and dont need to rehash it.
>
> We are aware of the evidence, and the changes that have happened in the past, but
> there is no correlation between the changes you mention and catastrophy. That is
> why we are not concerned.
>
> As for the world ending, we all know it will, in my opinion though, based on
> statistics and history and guesswork, I would say the probability is in this
> order.
>
> 1) Something big will hit us (I always suspected this and our geological history
> is full of this - not because the concept is popular for the moment)
> 2) We will blast ourselves due to religious extremsim - self fulfilling prophecy
> 3) in 1200 years or so, our solar system will run into a dense gas cloud that
> will our magnetosphere will not be able to deflect and the resulting damage will
> wipe everything out.
Or we hang around for the next 5 billion years until the sun goes red giant, by
which time we all will have moved to other star systems.
-Nathan