planet earth Infographic: If the earth's age were scald down to 24 hours

[Ice_Blue]

...and in the few seconds we've been here, we've managed to not only totally eff up the planet, but divide ourselves into multiple warring camps, forever at each other throats over pure greed and ideology.

How sad.

[articuno1au]

I call rubbish at having ****ed up the planet.

Other than that, proceed unmolested sir.

[Ice_Blue]

Error in thread title. Should be "scaled". :/

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

That's pretty cool :)

I noticed there's no mention of God... *hides*

[articuno1au]

That's pretty cool :)

I noticed there's no mention of God... *hides*

/slap

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT. This thread was going to be crazy free -_-

[Ice_Blue]

/slap

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT. This thread was going to be crazy free -_-

Hopefully.

[mulligan2k]

...and in the few seconds we've been here, we've managed to not only totally eff up the planet, but divide ourselves into multiple warring camps, forever at each other throats over pure greed and ideology.

How sad.

unlike the dinosaurs and all other animals, who all just get along with each other...

[articuno1au]

Yeah, but people would get ****ed off if I decided you looked tasty and tore your throat out so I could feast upon your blood.

They seem ok with it if I scream something religious before killing you though O.o

[ANON86364]

We are animals all the same, the only difference is a more complex brain which could be our most beneficial or damaging quality. Time will tell.

[Ice_Blue]

unlike the dinosaurs and all other animals, who all just get along with each other...

Unless you consider yourself (and humanity) to be at the intellectual, moral and technological level as the dinosaurs and all other animals.

[ANON86364]

Unless you consider yourself (and humanity) to be at the intellectual, moral and technological level as the dinosaurs and all other animals.

We are still animals in every other way. Behavior, territory, tribes or herds, the basics are all there. As I said, we are the same but we are more "complex" which is not inherently good. We are not balanced. The more we segregate ourselves as higher beings, the more imbalanced we will be.

[Ice_Blue]

We are still animals in every other way. Behavior, territory, tribes or herds, the basics are all there. As I said, we are the same but we are more "complex" which is not inherently good. We are not balanced. The more we segregate ourselves as higher beings, the more imbalanced we will be.

I agree. This is why we need to use our intelligence and powers of reasoning to suppress the (latent) baser instincts, and for the advancement of the species as a whole. Internecine warfare, deforestation of our main sources of oxygen replenishment, wanton atmospheric and oceanic pollution may gain us momentary riches, but does not bode well for future generations.

[BajiRav]

That's pretty cool :)

I noticed there's no mention of God... *hides*

I think you missed the 4am mark. :shifty:

[ANON86364]

I agree. This is why we need to use our intelligence and powers of reasoning to suppress the (latent) baser instincts, and for the advancement of the species as a whole. Internecine warfare, deforestation of our main sources of oxygen replenishment, wanton atmospheric and oceanic pollution may gain us momentary riches, but does not bode well for future generations.

At this time in our social evolution we are not nearly prepared to suppress our instincts completely. Everything we have and every way we think is linked back to these instincts. Survival of the fittest is a model that is seen the largest and smallest of scales in our society. The more we erode this model, the more we see devalued education, responsibility, work ethics, etc. The more we attempt to "diversify" the populace or even simply widen global interactions, the more tension we create. We simply aren't ready to move beyond these basics in an attempt to ascend to a new social level. I don't know if we ever will.

PS: It's estimated that 70% of Earth's oxygen is produced by phytoplankton on the oceans' surface.

[Phouchg]

Human evolution plans are all nice and dandy... on paper. Why care of future generations I will not experience, feel, even know? I have to admit, I am moderately egocentric and I do not have the "heart" for everyone, not nearly, as it is, but much less for things that aren't there yet and have infinite number of threats other than me.

Have I not evolved? Perhaps, although I do think and with an intellectual capacity of greater than average. It seems that it is not enough.

Instead, I'd argue that persistent conflict is the defining trait of living, intelligent or otherwise.

[McKay]

Human evolution plans are all nice and dandy... on paper. Why care of future generations I will not experience, feel, even know? I have to admit, I am moderately egocentric and I do not have the "heart" for everyone, not nearly, as it is, but much less for things that aren't there yet and have infinite number of threats other than me.

Have I not evolved? Perhaps, although I do think and with an intellectual capacity of greater than average. It seems that it is not enough.

Instead, I'd argue that persistent conflict is the defining trait of living, intelligent or otherwise.

You know Im incapable of not reading anything you type in a German accent in my head?

[theyarecomingforyou]

I call rubbish at having ****ed up the planet.

Seriously? Deforestation has occurred on an unprecedented scale; use of CFCs compromised the ozone layer; fossil fuel emissions are known to be carcinogenic and are being burned at an alarming rate; intensive farming has made huge areas of land unusable; seas have been poisoned; climate change has been accelerated; millions/billions of species have died out; nuclear waste has lead to wide-scale animal mutations and health issues, etc.

The exact extent of man's influence on the planet can be debated - and it is only proper to do so - but our impact has been dramatic and devastating. It's shocking that you think otherwise. It's very sad that so many continue to deny our impact on the planet and even worse when people consider economic output to be more important than using the planet's resources in a sustainable manner.

[Ice_Blue]

Seriously? Deforestation has occurred on an unprecedented scale; use of CFCs compromised the ozone layer; fossil fuel emissions are known to be carcinogenic and are being burned at an alarming rate; intensive farming has made huge areas of land unusable; seas have been poisoned; climate change has been accelerated; millions/billions of species have died out; nuclear waste has lead to wide-scale animal mutations and health issues, etc.

The exact extent of man's influence on the planet can be debated - and it is only proper to do so - but our impact has been dramatic and devastating. It's shocking that you think otherwise. It's very sad that so many continue to deny our impact on the planet and even worse when people consider economic output to be more important than using the planet's resources in a sustainable manner.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

The sad part is that it is the politicians who determine our future course, and most of them are in denial of the reality of global environment destruction. Even the ones who care are shouted down by the ones wanting to preserve the status quo, for fear of losing votes.

Politicians pander to the big corporations who fund their campaigns, and the irony is that these corporations are the ones whose policies have the most damaging impact on the environment.

[Tuishimi]

We're doooooomed... we're all gonna die!

[Growled Member]

Cool infograph. Thanks. :)

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Reapers 11:59 p.m.

[44MLX]

But it took 7-days to create the world?

[mzta cody]

"Atheism- so confident in itself and so courageous that it needs to bash Christianity and only Christianity every chance it gets, since we haven't the cajones to bash Islam/ Buddhism/Pantheism/paganism/secular humanism/materialism/etc/etc...!"

[theyarecomingforyou]

"Atheism- so confident in itself and so courageous that it needs to bash Christianity and only Christianity every chance it gets, since we haven't the cajones to bash Islam/ Buddhism/Pantheism/paganism/secular humanism/materialism/etc/etc...!"

What are you talking about? Atheism is just as critical of Islam, Judaism and Scientology. However, Christianity is obviously the dominant religion in western countries which is why it may seem that it receives more criticism.

Perceived persecution is perceived.

[The Rev]

We're a minute and 17 seconds old... lol... And yet, according to some politicians, we did to the earth in 1:17 what hadn't been done in 23 and 3/4 hours to cause global warming. Shenanigans. :p

PS- I'm not saying we're not helping it along, because we are... I just think its insane to blame humans on causing global warming. Plus, it's been proven that global warming and cooling is cyclical. Global warming caused the last ice age... We were cave men back then, so it wasn't our fault. Why blame this cycle on us completely?