# \[Poll\] How will mankind be destroyed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749 "2007-11-09T04:10:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/1 "2007-11-09T04:10:42Z")
This is an informal poll on how you believe mankind will be destroyed. I have come up with a few suggestions, mostly based on movies. Vote on mine, or come up with your own. Support your answers, show your work. A. Overpopulation (from the movie Soylent Green) B. Robot uprising (from the movie I, Robot – I didn’t read the book, I assume it is the same story :dubious: ) C. Disease (from the movie Outbreak, or the news during the Bird Flu thing) D. Zombies (I don’t think they make movies about zombies) E. Rapture (from the Left Behind movies) F. Global warming or other severe climate change (from the movie An Inconvenient Truth or The Day After Tomorrow) G. FEMA (this joke would’ve killed a year or so ago) H. Meteor (from the movie Armageddon) I. Alien invasion (from the movie E.T.) J. Stupidification (from the movie Idiocracy) K. Shark attacks (from the movie Jaws) L. Demons (from the movie Constantine) M. Apes (from the movie Planet of the Apes) N. Thermonuclear War (from the movie WarGames) O. Supervillains (comic book movie genre) P. Drug Epidemic (Robocop 2) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/2 "2007-11-09T04:36:49Z")
[QUOTE=Yeeter] D. Zombies (I don’t think they make movies about zombies) [/QUOTE] That is a joke right? ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/3 "2007-11-09T04:38:49Z")
Q. Low-fidelity mind uploading. (not sure if this has been explored in any movie, let alone half-way decent one) ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/4 "2007-11-09T04:43:01Z")
R) The inevitable zombie ape apocalypse. With robot vampires. ---
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/5 "2007-11-09T04:47:21Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] That is a joke right? [/QUOTE] Yes. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/6 "2007-11-09T04:53:55Z")
Chuck Norris. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/7 "2007-11-09T05:02:33Z")
The being who is dreaming us wakes up. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/8 "2007-11-09T05:13:24Z")
Do you mean mankind as civilization, or as almost every human being, or do you mean every single last one of us? I need your reply pretty quickly because once the End Times begin, the internet will be down. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/9 "2007-11-09T05:17:51Z")
[QUOTE=Yeeter] D. Zombies (I don’t think they make movies about zombies) [/QUOTE] It would be very bad to begin making movies about these. It would only encourage the zombies. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/10 "2007-11-09T05:55:12Z")
Self-inflicted stupidity. I don’t know the exact method but I predict that humanity’s final words will be, “Hey, Universe, ya’ll watch this!” ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/11 "2007-11-09T07:01:44Z")
anti-A. Apathy/selfishness will lead to fewer and fewer people. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/12 "2007-11-09T08:28:18Z")
I will destroy mankind, when I get around to it. It’s on my list, honestly, I’ve just been a bit busy lately. I’ll get to it, OK? ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/13 "2007-11-09T08:43:04Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] The being who is dreaming us wakes up. [/QUOTE] Alternately, the coming of the Great White Handkerchief. As for the OP, I don’t think it’s anything we can foresee. If anything, it might have to do something with the hypothesized [technological singularity](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity), the whole point of which appears to be that we _can’t_ see what lies on the other side–including our own possible destruction. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/14 "2007-11-09T08:52:40Z")
[QUOTE=Koxinga] Alternately, the coming of the Great White Handkerchief. As for the OP, I don’t think it’s anything we can foresee. If anything, it might have to do something with the hypothesized [technological singularity](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity), the whole point of which appears to be that we _can’t_ see what lies on the other side–including our own possible destruction. [/QUOTE] You misspelled ‘overhyped’. I think the technological singularity is about as likely as _corporeal modularity_ - where are limbs and appendages all spontaneously detach from our bodies and try to start living their own independent lives. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/15 "2007-11-09T09:10:56Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] You misspelled ‘overhyped’. I think the technological singularity is about as likely as _corporeal modularity_ - where are limbs and appendages all spontaneously detach from our bodies and try to start living their own independent lives. [/QUOTE] :shrug: Whatever, dude. Guess I should have yukked it up with another post about robot vampires. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/16 "2007-11-09T10:44:05Z")
[QUOTE=Koxinga] :shrug: Whatever, dude. Guess I should have yukked it up with another post about robot vampires. [/QUOTE] Yes, that would have been funnier 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/17 "2007-11-09T11:02:04Z")
When I die, you all go poof back into where ever it was you came from when I was born. Sorry about it. I’ll try and put it off as long as I can. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/18 "2007-11-09T11:41:26Z")
Do robot vampires drink hydraulic fluid? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/19 "2007-11-09T19:22:18Z")
How will it end? [Kosh]In Fire.[/Kosh] or BxC - Nanomachine Plague ([Grey Goo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo)) ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/20 "2007-11-09T22:27:26Z")
I actually believe mankind will never be destroyed. Sure, the sun will eventually burn up, but by that time, we’ll be so advanced that we’ll snobbishly cut any creature so primitive as to think a “sun” anything more than a fashion accessory. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749.md?page=2)