| Tango01 | 12 Nov 2018 10:06 p.m. PST |
"Visions of the end of the world tend to extremes—the planet fatally fracked, flooded, hurricaned, nuke-cratered. No survivors, or maybe one or two survivors, dazed and dust-grimed, roaming a wasted landscape, eating canned beans, rotted squirrels, each other. But the truth is we might be in for a slow burn, apocalypse-wise. The "end of the world" entails not just the actual end, that last gasp of human breath, but all the agony leading up to it, too. How, though—without the fire-and-brimstone theatrics—will we know that the planet is truly terminal? For this week's Giz Asks, we reached out to a number of experts—in paleobiology, ecology, atmospheric science, geoscience and more—to find out how we'll know when the world has actually ended. They provided a wide, if uniformly bleak, range of opinions. The end of the world might not mean drowned cities or whole continents aflame—but it probably won't mean anything pleasant, either…."
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| von Schwartz | 14 Nov 2018 7:37 p.m. PST |
Well now there's a cheery thought! |
| Twoball Cane | 14 Nov 2018 9:44 p.m. PST |
When all miniature manufactures agree on 28mm figure height…foot to head or foot to eyes Etc….. |
| Bashytubits | 15 Nov 2018 12:46 a.m. PST |
When these folks park on your lawn.
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 Legion 4   | 15 Nov 2018 7:31 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 15 Nov 2018 12:22 p.m. PST |
Ha-Ha-Ha….!
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| Zephyr1 | 15 Nov 2018 3:23 p.m. PST |
The first indication for most people will be when they can't get any signal for their electronic devices. Then the withdrawal begins… |
| Gerard Leman | 28 Nov 2018 1:46 p.m. PST |
Armand, do you have a day-job? Just asking. :-) |
| Tango01 | 29 Nov 2018 12:25 p.m. PST |
Yes…. do you? (smile) Amicalement
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| von Schwartz | 03 Dec 2018 6:53 p.m. PST |
I work nights at a local strip club |
| von Schwartz | 03 Dec 2018 6:53 p.m. PST |
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| Legion 4 | 04 Dec 2018 8:42 a.m. PST |
The History Channel today is showing another "documentary" about 7 New Signs of the Apocalypse … so … I guess the old 7 Signs were … wrong … ?  |
| Tango01 | 04 Dec 2018 11:55 a.m. PST |
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| Jeffers | 05 Dec 2018 9:45 a.m. PST |
We will know because Armand will post it here! |
| Tango01 | 05 Dec 2018 12:14 p.m. PST |
Ha-Ha-Ha…!
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| Legion 4 | 05 Dec 2018 4:35 p.m. PST |
Of course … I'd expect nothing less … |
| Part time gamer | 27 Dec 2018 1:02 a.m. PST |
Legion 4
The History Channel today is showing another "documentary" about 7 New Signs of the Apocalypse … so …
I guess the old 7 Signs were … wrong? For one the HISTORY channel is making a "documentary" about the End of the World. But most of all, when people will actually start being 'nice' to each other. You KNOW its over! |
 etotheipi  | 27 Dec 2018 6:54 a.m. PST |
The world is ending. Right now. You're just impatient. |
| Legion 4 | 27 Dec 2018 9:58 a.m. PST |
For one the HISTORY channel is making a "documentary" about the End of the World. Well it's better than guys rummaging thru junk piles, the dynamics of a pawn shop, modern marvels like how bread is made, vending machines, lawn & gardening tools, etc., etc. …  |
| von Schwartz | 27 Dec 2018 7:10 p.m. PST |
What about "The Red Green Show"? No there's some high brow humor, Red will let us know when the word is coming to an end. |
| Winston Smith | 29 Dec 2018 10:18 a.m. PST |
Penn and Teller did a B…S… show on the end of the world.
They were skeptical. As for me, I have no plans to immanentize the Eschaton. |
| von Schwartz | 31 Dec 2018 8:20 p.m. PST |
One question stills begs an answer. If the world comes to an end, how will we know? |
| etotheipi | 01 Jan 2019 5:40 a.m. PST |
The only way you can know, you observe it from somewhere else. Most likely an outer planet location or the Alpha Centauri system (probably the only places with a good view, unless viewed remotely). The real question is who is "we"? |
| von Schwartz | 01 Jan 2019 11:42 a.m. PST |
How about viewing it from the veranda at "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe". See how I cleverly worked that book plug in there? |
| Asteroid X | 05 Jan 2019 6:11 p.m. PST |
Well, we all know (we know because we have been informed of this at one time or another but that is not that same as remembering or wanting to remember) "it will come like a thief in the night". Lots of selectively chosen answers from gizmodo, though. |
