I've recently watched a program called End Day on the Discovery Channel. This program features four ways the world could end as humankind know it. Actually, I missed the first way but the the other three were an asteroid, an epidermic and last but not least a black hole. All three are scenarios that have been portrayed by Movies. In the movies, the trip to the end is quite accurately depicted(mostly) but the difference between fact and fiction is that happy endings is unlikely in real life.
For example, If an huge monstrous asteroid were to hurtle towards the earth in the movies everyone will panic then the government of the world will work together then the U.S and other countries with nuclear missiles towards the asteroids and blowing it into smithereens and everyone lives happily ever after until the next doomsday scenario. Now back to reality, if an asteroid were to hurtle towards earth in real life, the governments will probably keep it a secret at first until they somehow find a way to change its trajectory and prevent it from hitting the earth because if they blow it up as in the movies, it will just become several chunks of smaller pieces that are just as dangerous if not more dangerous. Some may think smaller chunks will dissipate in the atmosphere from air friction but the thing is if the last asteroid was big enough to wipe out 70% of earth's life at the time, splitting the next into a few pieces will not help much because they will still be large enough to end humanity just slower.
In the movies, when killer epidermic breaks out people panic, governments quarantine, and doctors finds cure after sufficient casualties and life goes on. In reality, the first two parts will happen but a cure will not be found in a few weeks or months for that matter. The truth of the matter is that a cure will never be found or rather will not be found before its too late but quarantine methods will help reduce the spread and humanity lives on but if and only if measures taken can keep up with the spread. If the epidermic spreads as fast as the ones in the movies well nothing its gonna stop it. Take the virus in the movie "I am Legend" starring Will Smith for example. If a real fast-acting fatal disease spread like that in real life, let's pray there's heaven for us.
Black Holes actually seem the least likely doomsday scenario. But it could happen given all the experiments conducted in the search for the truth of the beginning of the universe. A black hole is not actually a hole, it is (I quote from the End Day show) gravity gone mad. A black hole is a huge concentration of mass in such small space that it has a density so high its gravitational field so strong it is literally off the charts (until they made charts with larger scales that is -...ahem, joke, ahem....). This field is so powerful that even light can't escape it. Hence, a black hole. All right, with that said, it is obvious we cannot stop a black hole by plugging it or any other means with our current knowledge of the phenomenon as in the movies. So if a black hole is really created here on earth enjoy your last moments because there will not be much time left till the inevitable end.
After talking about three ways the world could end, I personally think that if the world must end I hope it is in a quick and painless manner so my choice of doomsday would be an asteroid because that end be fast but there is a chance for the survival of humanity so suffering is minimal and limited to those who survived initial impact. At least those who died did not suffer before death and there is a planet to survive on. I really hope it will not be an epidermic because people who contracted the disease will suffer before dying and those who live will suffer a sense of loss and at the same time live in fear of contracting the sickness themselves. Chances of survival of the human race if this happens depends on the ability of Scientists to figure out a cure which is a gamble be cause luck plays a considerable role when it comes to working on cures because breakthroughs can happen in the nick of time or far too late. And finally is the black hole scenario, there is actually a very very simple reason I really really don't want it to happen and that is the chances of survival with our current understanding of the phenomenon is a BIG FAT Z-E-R-O ...zero, zip , nought , nil. We will not survive a black hole if we cannot stop it simply because there will not be a planet left or the solar system for that matter.
So after all that, could y'all send me some feed back and tell me how would you rather have the world end if it must end. Look, I do not, I repeat, I DO NOT want the world to end because I love this planet and wanna keep it alive for as long as it can. Before I end this post, I would like to put a little something about another way it could end that is because of our pollution and our overuse and exploitation of natural resources. The thing is, this may be the most likely doomsday scenario even though it is less popularised in the media through blockbuster movies or whatever because if awareness of this matter continues to stay as it is resources will run dry pollution will run amok rendering planet earth as inhabitable as venus or mecury and ultimately become the demise of humanity and quite possibly all life on earth. So start going green and help cross out a doomsday scenario from the list, thank you.
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