What the future will look like on Earth after human extinction post-2012
"Do what is right, though the world may perish."
Immanuel Kant
Related: Mayan Prophecy forecast the End of the World in 2012 as Planet X approach the Solar System
Famous quote by Albert Einstein:
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking had a pertinent question to ask on Yahoo Answers:
How can the human race survive the next hundred years?
In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?
A well thought-out answer was supplied by a man who calls himself "Mad Scientist":
Political and social chaos has been with us for a very long time. Given the revolutions of the past and present, class warfare, and scheming of those seeking power, the human race has shown a remarkable resilience and managed to survive thus far.
The new factors in the equation of the balance of mankind and the rest of nature are the technological advances that have changed how political and social chaos can develop, and the advances in industry that have the potential to inflict serious environmental alterations. Threats of nuclear war, biological catastrophe, and climate change now bring into question as to how humanity can continue to survive.
Personally, I think that with the growth of true threats to survival, there has been growth of human ingenuity as well. We have yet to release a Frankenstein's monster of technology upon the world. Despite the stockpiles of nuclear weapons, there has been no global warfare. Medical research is in a renaissance of advance. Climate change remains a concern, but I believe that we are an adaptable species, as we have adapted before and will again.
The larger question is how will humanity survive, which is what is asked. It's very likely that the resources of today may no longer be available in a century. But consider the resources available today that were not available a century before. As stated before, we are an adaptable species, and when one window of resources closes, it's likely that other windows will be openable.
Of course, the speed that everything progresses at has increased. Will we be able to adapt in time? Perhaps not for a lot of us, but consider that in the 14th century, the Black Death wiped out over a third of Europe's population. Yet Europe survived and prospered. We may again have a catastophe that has similarly devestating effects, but I feel confident that after the catastrophe, humankind will prosper.
Why do I place this faith in humanity? Because I must. Without the belief that we will continue to grow and overcome the pains of social chaos as we mature as a species, we might as well not have any faith at all. I'm not talking religion (although that may or may not be a part in its current forms), but simply the same belief that we will survive just as much as the sun will rise the next day.
Source:
Just what I believe.
Dr. Hawking expounds on what humankind can do if they are to survive beyond Earth when its sustainable life support dries out. Audio, 5 minutes
A slideshow explaining the basic principles of Planet X/Nibiru, and its future crossing in 2012 (2 min)
("Nibiru [Planet X] is coming Part 1", YouTube, audio, 10 min)
I never saw the Will Smith movie "I Am Legend" nor do I intend to when it is released on DVD. But History Channel's promo piqued my curiosity about what the future will hold for Earth if the humankind were to disappear completely, barring mass radiation emanating from nuclear warfare and catastrophic climate change due to the pole shift of the Earth.
Also of note is the "Dark Rift" in the Constellation that coincide with 2012. Who knows what will happen?
Update Blog article with links: Earth from Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy, not Milky Way?
Please note I bring attention on this subject to you for informational purpose; it is not meant to be taken literally. So you know this is an "obscure" theoretical subject shared among some people who subscribe to the 'end of world' doomsday belief.
"Life After People" promo, 2 hour premiere January 21 (2 min)
December 21, 2012
That's 12 + 3 = 15 = 6
6 + 5 = 11
That's the number 2
Well two would be the number of harmony, peacemakers, and diplomacy... among other things.
I'm just goofing off with Numerology.
Anyway:
5. The Mayans also say that by 2012
we will have gone beyond technology as we know it.
we will have gone beyond time and money.
we will have entered the fifth dimension after passing through the fourth dimension
Planet Earth and the Solar System will come into galactic synchronization with the rest of the Universe.
Our DNA will be "upgraded" (or reprogrammed) from the centre of our galaxy. (Hunab Ku)
Everybody on this planet is mutating. Some are more conscious of it than others. But everyone is doing it.
6. In 2012 the plane of our Solar System will line up exactly with the plane of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. This cycle has taken 26,000 years to complete. Virgil Armstrong also says that two other galaxies will line up with ours at the same time. A cosmic event!
7. Time is speeding up (or collapsing). For thousands of years the Schumann Resonance or pulse (heartbeat) of Earth has been 7.83 cycles per second, The military have used this as a very reliable reference. However, since 1980 this resonance has been slowly rising. - - - It is now over 12 cycles per second! This means there is the equivalent of less than 16 hours per day instead of the old 24 hours.
This grand cycle of evolution will culminate winter solstice, December 21, 2012 AD.
This time we are now in has been called "The Time of Trial on Earth," "Judgement Day," "The Time of Great Purification," "The End of this Creation," "The Quickening," "The End of Time as We Know It," "The Shift of the Ages."
It is foretold that the completion of the Precession brings regeneration of Earth, offering awakening to all open, willing hearts. Many peoples spoke of these last days of the Great Cycle, including the: Maya, Hopi, Egyptians, Kabbalists, Essenes, Qero elders of Peru, Navajo, Cherokee, Apache, Iroquois confederacy, Dogon Tribe, and Aborigines.
http://www.adishakti.org/mayan_end_times_prophecy_12-21-2012.htm
The Aztecs use different glyphs and is basically the same as the Mayan only slightly less evolved. Their glyphs are better in their representations of the energies though.
The Earth changes will continue until 2012. The Elders say that the process can be easy and aligned or can be catastrophic. Human energy will decide this.
Time and the calendar begin on the equinox of 3/21.
We are now in a transition period called the 'Cycle of the merge of the dark and the light.' During this time humanity is going through great transition.
The cycle of light will come in full force on 12/21/2012.
This is considered the cycle of 13 lights and 13 heavens.
Many cycles begin on that same date.
Mother Earth as a living entity will transcend to another level or frequency or consciousness and a new and special era will begin.
The preparation for this is now in the womb of the Earth so to speak and the process of change is bringing transcendental manifestations.
This new era will be very positive. "Let all beings rise. Let not one or two stay behind".
The times are here for total brotherhood.
The spirit beings, different philosophies, different races must begin to weave together all knowledge to create the tapestry of harmony and balance. We are all seeing the evidence of this shift in human consciousness now. ...
Both the Hopis and Mayans recognize that we are approaching the end of a World Age.
But the former, however, offer no time limits, while the latter have a calendar system whose grand Thirteen Baktun cycle will end either on December 24, 2011 or June 6, 2012 (depending on your method of calculation).
In both cases, however, the Hopi and Mayan elders do not prophesy that everything will come to an end. Rather, this is a time of transition from one World Age into another.
The message they give concerns our making a choice of how we enter the future ahead. Our moving through with either resistance or acceptance will determine whether the transition will happen with cataclysmic changes or gradual peace and tranquility.
The same theme can be found reflected in the prophecies of many other Native American visionaries from Black Elk to Sun Bear.
This concept that we can make choices concerning our future destinies is one found not only in Native American prophecies but is really an essential ingredient in all true prophetic pronouncements.
True prophecy is meant to be a reflection on the hidden natures and motivations of human behavior, both individually and collectively, as well as the future options based on the human ability to make a choice.
[well now that it very interesting! Character is destiny!]
True prophecy is thus more than merely a forecast. Its purpose is to provide the lesson that is to be learned from a potential future prognostication so that, if possible, the lesson is accepted and processed beforehand. Thus the course of the future can actually be changed, and a different pathway of prophesied events can be manifested into reality.
In this context, the period of time between now and the year 2012, with 2000 as the benchmark, appears to be shaping up into a decisive time period when important choices will be made and when any number of timelines for the future are possible.
True prophecy is our guide to determine what those different timelines are and how we can make the right
choices.
Again, all this from the link above...
Seriously, the Maya never discovered the wheel, never domesticated a large draft animal, and never learned to smelt a hard useful metal, YET YOU WANT ME TO BELIEVE THEY WERE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE?!!!
Under the heading of Predictions about the Spiritual Mother:
While living ordinary lives people will achieve Yoga – Union with God.
In the end all the nations of the world will come together with the feeling of oneness. There will be a great international conference in a big city of the world. The whole of the humanity will understand the importance of prayer and all the nations will unite together.
Due to new scientific discoveries science and religions would become one. With the help of science the existence of God and the Soul could be proved.
-In a book published in 1887 titled “The Mystery of the Ages” by Marie, Countess of Caithness (Page 316-317)
[from same link above]
Now that is just from one link. There's tons of stuff out there about 2012.
Well we will see. I, myself don't believe in this impending doom. I know I have read other things about 2012, a few years ago. I would have to hunt it down in my documents. Positive stuff there, as well.
I came across this information about 2012, which I found really interesting. Enjoy.
This is the wierdest 2012 story I've come across yet. If it isn't satire, it otta be!
If you seriously thought that might've been legit Claymore, you obviously didn't read much more than a quarter of it.
Aheh, Rectal?
I hate to fill the coffers of the emigre plutocracy more than anyone I know, but how can you escape their stranglehold on media? Seriously, if you are a fan of Romero's DEAD series, Richard Matheson's I AM LEGEND was the inspiration. The short story, DANCE OF THE DEAD included, seems to have even inspired the nomenclature. The story is less about the evils or virtues of science than it is the horrors of depravity and abandonment.
I never liked the fact that Romero linked the malice inherent in all mankind to the stereotypical whipping boy ethnic group commonly berated, but George did address the evils we visit on each other, and up until his newest DEAD movie DIARY OF THE DEAD(working title) in the making, (apparently the movie portrays alternate media as a bane on humanity) seemed to be going in the direction of waking "zombies."