1 in 3,030 chance
Hmm... I guess the question would be how often do near misses occur and over what time span. Then we could calculate the true threat on the matter.
BTW, I don't like those odds very much. 1 in 3000 chance of the human race being wiped out does not sit so well with me.
Carl Sagan isn't saying much of anything, these days.
I don't trust anything Carl Sagan says. He's an expert propagandist who will do anything to bend and distort the public image in his favor.
Good.
I don't trust anything Carl Sagan says. He's an expert propagandist who will do anything to bend and distort the public image in his favor.
WHAT?! In all seriousness what the hell are talking about?
...how often do near misses occur...
Lol then you really shouldn't read that NASA sight on identified asteroids heading to us. At this point I just accept it like I accept that I could get T-boned by another car that I never see coming and get killed.
Yeah but ones big enough to destroy humanity? The Earth is pummeled by asteroids all the time but they aren't big enough to do much.
We've gone tens of thousands of years without a catastrophic asteroid hitting us so I'm pretty comfortable with it not happening in my time.
I think Sagan had a lot of good point and ideas but I am sure this is why a lot of people distrusted him.Nope. Don't even let him explain. He already has. Remain faithful that there are no more questions left to ask about the premise of that spew.
Wow. Bad energy indeed.
Carl would be reminding us how to skip that rock over to the next dimension fer a brief moment if he were here. Of course...you know what? Maybe if folks would wake up and crack open junior's textbook once in a while and actually pay attention to what they are learning...and seeing...and hearing...instead of trying to replace them with iron age fairy tales meant to downtrod civilization or Change to be clear then maybe they would see just how loud the man still screams from the top of the mountain and to a different generation to do just that very thing. And he does. Trust me. Is why Change in it's truest sense of the word will pass some right by...and thankfully.
Should be looking at this rock and learning from it. Actually we are. Much to learn from these passer by. Which, btw, is probably why we even know it's screaming by in the first place. Am glad that folks are interested in such things because they'll certainly be hearing more about the physics of the matter down the road as well as advancements learned from actually taking the time to give it a good once over. It's a good thing. Unfortunately, those who would act to disrupt that particular phenomenon do and will forever exist. As I said. Bad energy.
I can't get over that remark though. How the heck do you say good that someone is gone just because they had something to say that you didn't want to listen to? I mean, really! Gosh...
- Carl SaganIf we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth. Many of those who run the nations will find this idea unpleasant. They will fear the loss of power. We will hear much about treason and disloyalty. Rich nation-states will have to share their wealth with poor ones.
I think Sagan had a lot of good point and ideas but I am sure this is why a lot of people distrusted him.
- Carl Sagan