Human Extinction
Human Extinction
Human Extinction Links
- Book: The End of the World - The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction by Prof. John Leslie. The first comprehensive survey of potential catastrophes speculated upon by scientists, from comet and asteroid impacts to nuclear or chemical warfare, from ozone layer destruction to overpopulation and poisoning of the environment or the risk of disaster through genetic engineering. Also covers philosophy and ethics. 1996
- X stands for eXtinction A prominent physician warns that we could go the way of the dinosaurs if we don't face up to the threat of killer viruses. [Salon magazine - interview with author of "Virus X - Tracking the new Killer Plagues"]
- Infertility "The cumulative effects of radiation-caused infertility raise the possibility of gradual human extinction."
- Beyond the Holocaust - Survival or Extinction? Subtitled "A survival manual for humanity", this online book attempts to summarise problems threatening humanity's very survival, their causes and possible solutions to them.
- Human Beings - And How They Became Extinct A look at a number of ways that the human species might meet its end over the next number of decades.
- Remarks on the Doomsday Argument Are we underestimating the likelihood of human extinction in the next few decades? This is the position put forward by the philosophical Carter-Leslie doomsday argument. Highly philosophical and statistical.
- Existential Risks Paper by Nick Bostrom, analyzing well-known and less well-known extinction risks and related crippling hazards to humanity.
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