# \[Poll\] How will mankind be destroyed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749>\
**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:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/41 "2007-11-11T07:27:26Z")

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I am going to say scientific experiment gone wrong. Pocket black hole, universal solvent, super bomb actually working when tested, whatever. Someone with a white coat will do something that will go uh-uh and we may not have time to watch it in the news before we all die.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/42 "2007-11-11T08:21:54Z")

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[QUOTE=Mosier]  
We can survive some pretty tough environments though, so I can’t imagine a scenario that kills every last human until the sun is gone.  
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How about an asteroid impact that liquifies the Earth ? Or a nearby supernova ? Or a passing rogue planet yanks Earth out of orbit and we freeze or burn ?

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/43 "2007-11-11T11:37:06Z")

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If we guess correctly, & win, how do we collect the bet?

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**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/44 "2007-11-11T15:25:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor]  
If we guess correctly, & win, how do we collect the bet?  
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Just grab it. I promise there will be no contention.

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/45 "2007-11-11T16:17:36Z")

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[QUOTE=drm]  
I really hope it’s Bob Newhart.

_Crosses Fingers_  
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I’m pushing for [Tommy Westphall](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Westphall)  
More seriously? While I don’t know that it would destroy all human life, society in general is going to go down by escalating wars that develop in response to limited resources, along with environmental changes that make these resources even scarcer.

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**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-will-mankind-be-destroyed/425749/46 "2007-11-11T17:44:54Z")

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[QUOTE=pepperlandgirl]  
I hold with those who favor fire…  
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Perhaps, but one must keep in mind that for destruction ice is also great and would suffice.

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