# What percentage of people would choose to exterminate humanity? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-would-choose-to-exterminate-humanity/839624 "2019-09-03T13:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-would-choose-to-exterminate-humanity/839624/41 "2019-09-05T20:34:38Z")
Also, some people are driven by a desire to be “The One” - whatever “the one” may be. If it is common knowledge to all 8 billion Earth inhabitants that there is a big red button located somewhere in the world, and that if one - just one - person presses it, it will cause the extinction of all humanity, there are some mentally unstable people who would lust to push it, just to be “The One.” ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-would-choose-to-exterminate-humanity/839624/42 "2019-09-05T22:00:05Z")
I can imagine that there’d be any number of solipsists who’d be willing to push the button. I don’t think they’re crazy; they’re just, you know, the only ones who exist. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-would-choose-to-exterminate-humanity/839624/43 "2019-09-06T04:50:06Z")
Depenmds on the day. Say tomorrow and I would guess 1% maybe? We got at least that many folks around us I guess who would consider it. But say the day after a Major National Election? Then I would say more like 20%. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-would-choose-to-exterminate-humanity/839624/44 "2019-09-07T00:39:20Z")
It turns out that _I_ support the impending extinction of the human race. You see, vaccines threaten the extermination of humanity, or at least a very large part of it, according to [Andrew Wakefield](http://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/09/06/andrew-wakefield-predicts-a-sixth-mass-extinction-due-to-vaccines-in-jpands/), high priest of the antivax movement, most recently starring as a prize attraction on a Conspira-Seas cruise and turning up as the consort of an aging supermodel. Since I have spoken out in favor of immunization against dangerous infectious diseases, I am complicit in the coming extinction of mankind. It’s a heavy burden to bear. :(😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-would-choose-to-exterminate-humanity/839624/45 "2019-09-07T00:57:18Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > I can imagine that there’d be any number of solipsists who’d be willing to push the button. I don’t think they’re crazy; they’re just, you know, the only ones who exist. But then they’d only be willing to commit suicide, technically. Right? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-would-choose-to-exterminate-humanity/839624.md?page=2)