I'm gonna be real with you mammals didn't even exist 250 million years ago. That's how much evolution has happened. In 250 million more, mammals will continue to evolve,
Well, eventually either you or the author of this article is going to look pretty foolish. We'll have to wait and see.
My popcorn is going to be pretty stale by then.
Maybe it’ll get crispy again when it gets too hot to survive.
Is there a remindme bot on lemmy?
I'll remind you instead
Thanks for the lmao today
If by some incredible stroke of luck we don't wipe ourselves out, any descendants left at that time won't be human. In fact that's so long that there could be dozens of post human species living all over the galaxy.
There's a theory that we only have one shot at becoming a highly advanced spacefaring species. If we experience global societal collapse where present day knowledge is lost, the remaining resources on Earth we used to arrive at our level of technology won't be available to any that come after. All the special materials were near the surface of the Earth, and we used primitive methods to collect and refine those. We got all of those, but that was okay because we used that to make specialized tools and machines to dig deeper getting to additional supplies of those materials.
the theory goes that humanity, rising from the ashes of the fallen past with technology and knowledge lost, won't have that same chance. They'll be stuck on Earth until the Sun consumes it.
It's not farfetched, it's the most likely, realistic outcome. I think we're already too late, and we've blown our chance these last few decades. This is the deciding era.
If mammals didn't exist 250 million years ago, and they do now, I'd say it's a safe bet they'll evolve into something other than mammals
Crabs. All will be crabs.
Mammals 2: Electric Boogaloo
At the rate we're going we'll be lucky if we aren't all dead in 250 years, let alone 250 million.
Not all dead but whoever remains will be very miserable. Most electronics won't last that long and requires complex production chains so no Mario Kart to spice up your hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
I wonder if we're gonna go underground.
I mean, I can guarantee that every single mammal on earth alive today will be dead in 250 years. Nice prediction.
If you mean humanity: humans will 100% still be around in 250 years. Even with an advanced society. As advanced and interconnected as now? Who knows. But we'll still be far ahead of eg the middle ages or even early industrial revolution.
Well, you are talking about just humans, while the article is talking about all forms of mammals
If we’re still stuck on this planet, or unable to terraform it in 250 million years then we all deserve to go extinct.
Continents rearrange themselves very slowly. The change will be gradual. There's no reason to think that life, including mammals, will not evolve during that time to cope with the change.
Damn. Can you at least tell me the season, so I know what to wear?
That's like saying low oxygen levels will kill giant critters from 300 million years ago.
Ok, sure.
Sigh, born before my time.
I for one welcome our new crab overlords!
We need to become spacefaring genetically engineered AI hybrids before then? GG EZ
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