What could be the cause of the destruction of the world? This question has been asked by different people throughout history, but a scientist based on his calculations has revealed the 8 most likely ways.

End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World

Bryan Walsh, a science journalist, has done a series of calculations, taking information from simulations and investigating the different causes of humanity’s destruction over the years.

Finally he came to the conclusion of his work the most probable causes are 8 in total and published them in his book «End of times: a brief guide to the end of the world».

Biotechnology

The most likely and worrisome threat in the world. Scientific extremism will continue to increase, and disease experimentation could generate a “supervirus” that cannot be combated with current medicine. Implementing genetic engineering in diseases can make or break it. And both options are equally likely to agree

with Walsh. An example of this is ISIS: which in recent years, it is already common knowledge, has tried to create a weapon against smallpox. Biological weapons of this kind could spell the end of humanity.

Artificial intelligence

Once again, starting from technological advancement, we find another threat: Artificial Intelligence. Progress in this area has reached unsuspected limits during the past decade, satisfying the demand of powerful customers by facilitating and automating mass production processes. The threat is imminent as computers begin to learn, increasingly replacing humans in tasks that, for now, are simple. If to this the storage capacity of these computers is added…

How much will these machines be able to learn? At what point would they realize that they are self-sufficient and that our presence has become a danger because we are the only ones who can stop them?

Nuclear War

A nuclear war is perhaps the most well-known. The arsenal that was created in the Second World War and that continues to grow to this day and not only in the powers is quite worrying.

The tension between countries such as the United States, Russia, China, Israel, Iran or North Korea, all of which have nuclear weapons under their belts, is a major concern and perhaps the most palpable at the moment.

Supervolcanoes

Very few people pay attention to this, but nature is possibly our biggest threat. Supervolcanoes have been around forever, and according to Walsh, there’s a good chance that one or several will wipe us out.

They are literally a ticking time bomb that can be activated at any time. In Wyoming, for example, there is the most famous Yellowstone supervolcano on the planet, which is active today and has erupted three times in the last 2.1 million years.

If it exploded now, it would turn into an inferno of burning lava, ash, and toxic gases about 45 kilometers in diameter. The land that destroyed 640,000 years ago. But its lava isn’t the only concern. A supervolcano could cause earthquakes that would destroy entire cities, the emission of toxic gases would wipe out entire ecosystems, including us. And that would be just one.

Alien Invasion

At this point, Walsh separates the “Real” threats from the “Probable” ones, assuring that while there is no indication yet that they may happen, they are still a likely cause of the world’s destruction.

You’re starting with an alien invasion; With the number of galaxies, planets, stars, and rock formations that exist in the universe, the probability that another intelligent civilization has not developed is low.

Therefore, this possibility also leads us to think that there is a race superior to humans, capable of destroying the world, as well as the nations that have conquered others in the past.

Asteroids

According to NASA, Walsh mentions that the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth aren’t as low as we think, but it wouldn’t lead to extinction either… at least not to the impact itself. For example, with the dinosaurs, what caused their extinction didn’t

It was the impact, but what happened after that; large amounts of sulfur that left the Earth and rose into the atmosphere, reflecting off the Sun and causing its light not to reach the planet as usual this not only changed the entire climate of the planet, but also changed food resources.

Climate Change

Climate change is a somewhat sensitive issue today. There are people who take it very seriously, others just remember it. While it’s a threat that could change many things in the world, Walsh believes that, unlike biotechnology, climate change won’t cause catastrophic changes to the planet. The scientist assures that human beings as a species are concerned with being one step ahead of the disasters generated by themselves

Same.

Infectious Disease

The chances of a deadly infection causing the destruction of the World, at least by itself, are low. Working in Hong Kong in 2003, Walsh says he witnessed Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, a deadly and unknown disease, appear out of nowhere. But as has happened throughout human history, this seemed to have a kind of time limit.

So it’s not just conspiracy theorists who are the only ones talking about the destruction of the planet and the end of humanity. The scientific community is also much more prevalent than everyone believes. What do you think of these statements? We’re on the verge of collapse

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