Earth 'facing mass extinction'

[Wig44.]

Really, really big mass extinctions happen very, very rarely and they have very important long-term consequences.

Professor Subtlety strikes again.

[-:Undertaker:-]

We (or our politicians) need to implement a mass-extinction tax scheme on just about everything combined with legislation and regulation. Oh and we could throw in a extinction-trading scheme just to be on the safe side. We also need to get all the music artists who have large egos to fly here, call for taxes left right and centre of which they themselves can easily afford and do some concerts to make us feel like we are saving the world.

..and we could round it off nicely with a speech by A$ Gore (but no questions allowed!!)

[FlyingJesus]

"Organisms that might have adapted in the past may not be able to this time," Dr Alroy said.

Surely if that's the case no-one should give a **** because they aren't a worthy species according to survival of the fittest. The mass extinction he's on about is deep sea bacteria and crap like that which does nothing anyway

[syko2006]

Ahhhh, another mass extinction. It's ok though, we probably won't live long enough to see this extinction, not with 2012 and all. :rolleyes:

[Apple]

Big mass extinction = Suffered alot.
Little mass extinction = Went out laughing.
Tiny mass extinction = Barely noticed anything.

I'm a scientist, I knows these things

How can we barely notice anything if it is a mass extinction, doesn't mass extinction mean we all die and go extinct lol? :S

[FlyingJesus]

Nope .

Edited by Nicola (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not post pointlessly, this includes posting one word replies.

[AgnesIO]

I thought I was supposed to die in 2012.

Life is so confusing

[Narnat,]

I never really know what to think of these kind of things if I'm honest.

[AgnesIO]

I never really know what to think of these kind of things if I'm honest.

I'll teach you:

'**** IM GONNA DIE'

Na not really, I always think if it happens - who cares? We can't stop things like it happening, and if you die, you die?

[Mathew]

Not sure what the mayans are talking about.. my calendar only goes to the 31st December 2010

In all seriousness though - if we all do happen to die at once, everyone will be going at the same time. It's not like you're being singled out to die while Bill Gates and Richard Branson can live. That's the odd thing about death; we'll never know how we die.