| I'll take the bait and say we have a shot. There is nothing to say we will not be vaporized by a celestial object. Nothing says disease will not end our time in existence. It is our brain that gives us a chance. I accept as fact the dinosaurs died out due to Earth impacting an asteroid. If it must happen again I hope we detect the threat in time to employ countermeasures. Those actions may work and they may not. Science may detect the threat, realize it is too late and simply say nothing. Who knows. I hope we are able to implement a cohesive plan to colonize the moon and beyond. If that goal were to be realized then the loss of our atmosphere may not have to mean annihilation. If we can colonize the moon, surely we can stay on Earth with no atmosphere.
If you accept the theory that the Earth will cease to exist as we know it then we must accept it. We can hope our technology moves quicker than the Earths fate and make Earth the starting line, not the finish line. The evolution of our brain is our only hope. |