|
|
Post by buttonpresser4815 on Oct 13, 2006 10:28:50 GMT -5
 Very interesting diagram. I doubt that endangered species would recover that fast, but msto of the other stuff i believe. What do you think about this? |
|
|
|
Post by Raistlin Majere on Oct 13, 2006 13:30:05 GMT -5
A nice and scientific explanation, at the same time entirely possible, though I agree that the endangered species could not likely recover that quickly, but I find this chart odd---is it claiming that within two days light pollution will end and endangered species will begin to recover, or is it talking about the time when humans START to decline?
|
|
|
|
Post by buttonpresser4815 on Oct 13, 2006 14:49:10 GMT -5
It is saying as if humans were suddenly to all dissappear from earth.
|
|
|
|
Post by Raistlin Majere on Oct 13, 2006 15:53:16 GMT -5
Is that so? That was different than my first interpretation. The results of humans disappearing, though, would be hard to predict as such unless the cause of that disappearance was known.
|
|
|
|
Post by buttonpresser4815 on Oct 13, 2006 16:27:24 GMT -5
If the destruction of man were to be more gradual then this would all take alot longer.
|
|
|
|
Post by Raistlin Majere on Oct 13, 2006 22:02:41 GMT -5
Most certainly. Especially if the cause of man's destruction was, for the most part, nuclear war.
|
|
|
|
Post by Jarlaxle on Oct 15, 2006 3:13:21 GMT -5
That would leave a huge and a long lasting mark. I too found this interesting, how did you come upon this TMP? I see believe the planet recovering from light pollution that quickly, as well as other things that happen later. It really shows how humans are a hindrance to the planet. It would be able to function just fine without them, but while we are here we are like parasites draining its resources. Its not a false way to interpret that chart.
Just as a side note, how do you like my new look?
|
|
|
|
Post by buttonpresser4815 on Oct 15, 2006 9:40:51 GMT -5
Well..I didnt make it...i would need to study alot of useless things to come up with that.
It's interesting. I would probably like it more if i had any idea what it was from.
The poem There Will Come Soft Rains agrees with you.
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pool singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree,
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone.
|
|
|
|
Post by Jarlaxle on Oct 15, 2006 21:24:21 GMT -5
I never did say you made that statement, I was saying that my statement was not false.
I'm not surprised that you have little idea where my sig comes from. It is based on one of my favorite games: Marathon. It was started in 1994 and was deemed the best Mac Game of its time. It was made by Bungie, the same peopl who made Halo. It has a very great story line and is in general an excellent Sci Fi game, that is of course if you don't mind the fact that the graphics arn't all that great. Ras and Reno haven't been able to look past that yet. Durandal is a rogue AI from the space ship UESC Marathon. I can give you more details of the plot in the Reviews section if you like.
That poem makes a good point TMP, and you are right, it is similar to my earlier statement. Nature would just simply carry on and repair our damage oblivious to the fact the we are truely destroyed.
|
|
