Will humans become extinct in the next 50 years?
This is no more likely to occur in the next 50 years than in the past 50 or any othe randomly chosen set of years. The LHC is not a danger to us. There have always been diseases, famine, and volcanic eruptions. Global Warming is a problem to be dealt with, but it isn’t going to cause our extinction in the next 50, 100, or 150 years. Life on Earth will most likely end between 1 and 2 billion years from now. In 1.1 billion years, the Sun will be 10% brighter and the atmosphere will dry out. In 3.5 billion years, the Sun will be 40% brighter than today and the oceans will boil away. From A Brief History of the Universe by John Baez, University of California, Riverside Future Timeline: “1.1 billion years from now – The Sun becomes 10% brighter than today. The Earth’s atmosphere dries out. 3 billion years from now – The Andromeda Galaxy collides with our galaxy. Many solar systems are destroyed. 3.5 billion years from now – The Sun becomes 40% brighter than today. If the Earth is still orbi
