What will happen when we are gone

[James Cook]

Hey there just found this video on google.
showing what will happen when we are here, no more
very interesting

[zznɟ ǝɥʇ]

I think this show would have been great if it focused on Chernobyl and not thrown in all sorts of graphical mumbo jumbo. Still, thanks for the link. I'll have another look.

[Ramashan]

That show had some very interesting parts to it. But over all, does it really matter what will happen after humans are no longer around?

I thought it was neat that Vegas would still have power for a long time after we're gone and that modern structures will be utterly destroyed as compared to those left behind by ancient civs that built in stone.

[zznɟ ǝɥʇ]

Now that would be eerie--to walk through an uninhabited city with lights.

[kev-o]

I thought that program was a really good analysis of what might happen when we all humans are gone. Nothing man made would survive time and the ravages of nature. There was even a book that came out months ago on the subject.

[NaptownKnight]

I don't know, I think it exaggerated some things a little. For sure, many records and accomplishments of our civilization would last for millions of years after we are gone.

But I think this brings up an interesting point. If none of our structures can survive 65 million years, who is to say the dinosaurs were not a sentient, advanced species? What if the Dino's had sky scrapers?

[Ahiga]

I don't know, I think it exaggerated some things a little. For sure, many records and accomplishments of our civilization would last for millions of years after we are gone.

But I think this brings up an interesting point. If none of our structures can survive 65 million years, who is to say the dinosaurs were not a sentient, advanced species? What if the Dino's had sky scrapers?

It's a good point, although I think we would find tools and such. However those might not survive 50 million years - although if bones would, I could see a few such tools surviving.

[Richard]

I don't know, I think it exaggerated some things a little. For sure, many records and accomplishments of our civilization would last for millions of years after we are gone.

But I think this brings up an interesting point. If none of our structures can survive 65 million years, who is to say the dinosaurs were not a sentient, advanced species? What if the Dino's had sky scrapers?

Without watching the vid (no audio on this PC) I'd imagine it meant no in tact structures will remain in 65 million years. All sorts of debris will likely be fossilised and so on however.

[Richard]

I don't know, I think it exaggerated some things a little. For sure, many records and accomplishments of our civilization would last for millions of years after we are gone.

But I think this brings up an interesting point. If none of our structures can survive 65 million years, who is to say the dinosaurs were not a sentient, advanced species? What if the Dino's had sky scrapers?

Without watching the vid (no audio on this PC) I'd imagine it meant no in tact structures will remain in 65 million years. All sorts of debris will likely be fossilised and so on however.

The faces on Mount Rushmore? Pyramids? Great Wall of China? Why those, but not the millions of other similar but smaller structures and sculptures of similar materials?

[Osceola]

I don't know, I think it exaggerated some things a little. For sure, many records and accomplishments of our civilization would last for millions of years after we are gone.

But I think this brings up an interesting point. If none of our structures can survive 65 million years, who is to say the dinosaurs were not a sentient, advanced species? What if the Dino's had sky scrapers?

In my highly intoxicated mind right now, this sounds genius.

That would be beyond awesome, like to a degree that would just.. oh my god, if that were true.

Think of the movies, video games, ing.. just any type of media that can expand your thought process on this . Let it sink in, dinosaurs with sky scrapers, with infrastructure, with GUNS, RAPTORS WITH ING UZIS.

And its not a joke. Just imagine if that were true.

I'm quite uh.. on cloud 9 right now, I totally meant to end this post a long time ago. Still though, intelligent sentient civilised dinosaurs. If that were ture and we went BACK IN TIME..

[Kiljan Arslan]

SOmeythink I've always wondered. THats the reason I support building Monuments on the Moon.

[Chaigidel]

no record of the human population will exist in a million years unless we live as a species that long or perhaps make a species of machine life.

you give us far too much credit nap

humans will vanish and it will be accomplished.

[Simetrical]

no record of the human population will exist in a million years unless we live as a species that long or perhaps make a species of machine life.

Traces of our existence will easily last a million years, if you know what you're looking for. They'll be buried, but things like titanium wrenches or gold watches are not going to dissolve, are not going to rust, are not going to be eaten by anything. They would have to fall into lava for anything to come close to destroying them. Most things don't touch lava once in a million years.

Probably traces of our existence will last as long as the Earth does, in fact, but they may end up being very, very slight.

[Chaigidel]

well Ill meet you in a million years and we will try to dig up some wrenches

[Ramashan]

I think they said in the end the only things that may survive to the rise a possible new dominant species millions of years from would be the eroded pyramids, the faces on Mount Rushmore, and perhaps a remnants of the great wall of China. But I hadn't considered metals such as gold, titanium, and silver.

Eventually they would just assume we were an alien civilization I suppose. This would be reinforced if they ever made it to the moon and mars and found our technology there as well.

[Aetius]

I think they exaggerated some of the plant growth and destruction of suburbs so fast.

There are still ruins of old wood houses everywhere in the US that are like 100 years old...

Its also interesting how they said our modern concrete is weaker than the roman's.

[Simetrical]

The Romans built some things stronger than we do. There's no reason to build things too strong; you don't usually care if they last a millennium, they'll mostly be torn down by then anyway. Or if not you'll be long dead and so will your employers. But the Romans didn't have calculus or other cornerstones of modern engineering, and could not accurately calculate what would stand up for a long time. They relied on trial and error, and overbuilding. While today buildings might be built to withstand twice the expected peak stress they'll experience in ordinary use, which we can calculate very accurately, in times past they might have been built to withstand ten times as much, or more, because they couldn't accurately gauge how weak they could make it while avoiding imminent collapse.

At least, that's my pet theory. I like it, so I'm sticking to it.

[Kiljan Arslan]

What if we build things on the moon could we not have what could be considered "immortal" testaments?

[Dayman]

What if we build things on the moon could we not have what could be considered "immortal" testaments?

We already do have things on there, that I guess will remain undisturbed longer.

[Captain Arrrgh!]

When the Captain's gone, you all will weep, right?