# How  will the world end?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-world-end/751291
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [April 5, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-world-end/751291 "2016-04-05T20:28:53Z")
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### Author: ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-world-end/751291/41 "2016-04-08T12:15:17Z")

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When we run out of O.

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### Author: ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-world-end/751291/42 "2016-04-08T12:25:17Z")

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God says “End Program.” and walks out of His Holodeck.

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### Author: ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-world-end/751291/43 "2016-04-08T12:25:52Z")

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> Quoth **CCitizen** :
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> By Technological Singularity. The Old Testament has very much information on the subject.

We’ve reached the technological singularity hundreds of times since the Old Testament was written, and it hasn’t ended us yet.

Personally, I’m fond of collapse of the false vacuum, with a Big Rip coming in a close second.

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