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Question: What do you consider the greatest threat to mankind!? !?
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well i see everyone Else's answer, mankind, so i'll try and give you some other ideas!.
if you're talking about the things that will kill off the most humans on the planet, a disease is the most likely!. Bird flu, drug resistant tuberculosis, etc, they're all just a mutation away from pandemic!. The chances are good, although the loss of life would proabaly be less than 10 million!.
Second is starvation propagated by loss of arable land, aka global warming!. If there is major climate change then the worlds food production will have to adapt!. Existing farms will have to switch to new crops that match the climate!. New farms will have to be created to replace ones lost to desert expansions or loss of irrigating water!. That would take at least 3 years, maybe as much as 10!. During that time a significant fraction of the world's population would starve (primarily 3 world countries)!. Chances are less than a pandemic, but the loss of life might well top 100 million!.
I don't worry too much about nuclear warfare!. The possibility is there, particularly between india/ pakistan or iran/ israel, but the loss of life would probably be less that 100,000 and probably not be in the US, where i luckily live!. If one was to start, the global political reaction would (I hope) keep it localized!. I don't see the US stepping into someone else's fight with nukes!. so, if say 10 H bombs go off, loss of life would be only in the 5 digits, 10,000 to 99,000!.

If you mean what is most likely to wipe out the human race entirely, well then asteroid collision is probably the only contender!. The odds of that happening in your lifetime are almost negligible!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

in all fairness i believe that nuclear warfare is!. to qoute Stephen Hawking!.!.!.


"I believe that nuclear warfare does pose a threat to mankind!. Increasing aggression is an attribute to mankind and the U!.S!. alone has enough nuclear warheads to kill everybody in the world several times over"

yikes!. just try to be safe out there and use clear judgement!. i think that is because if the smartest man alive says its so, than its so!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

-fanatism and arrogance, which often lead to violence, e!.g!. watr/civil war/terrorism
-environmental pollution
-poverty and high social inequality
-asteroids and cometsWww@QuestionHome@Com

the greatest threat to mankind is the tension between mankind!. Each country is going to try and gain more and more power and sooner or later, were gonna blow ourselves up!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

AMERICA!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. just joking XD Its called everybody!.!.!.!. nobody wants to cooperate with eachother theirfor we risk going to nuclear war!.!.!.!.!. even war destroys mankind!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Mankinds belief that his religion,race,culture, is the only acceptable one!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Mankind, self-destructionWww@QuestionHome@Com

MANKINDWww@QuestionHome@Com

mankind it'selfWww@QuestionHome@Com

IntoleranceWww@QuestionHome@Com

OBAMAWww@QuestionHome@Com

ConformityWww@QuestionHome@Com

Organised religionsWww@QuestionHome@Com

Ourselves, to be completely honestWww@QuestionHome@Com

mankind is the greatest threat to mankindWww@QuestionHome@Com

mankind is the biggest threat to themselvesWww@QuestionHome@Com

mankind!.!.!.is our own greatest worst enemyWww@QuestionHome@Com

Refusal to face a fear of the unknown!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

fusion based bombs (hydrogen bomb)Www@QuestionHome@Com

lawyersWww@QuestionHome@Com

Easy two points!. Thanks much!
MANKIND!Www@QuestionHome@Com

the fact that any of the other countries can press one button and send us a nuclear bomb when they feel like itWww@QuestionHome@Com

chuck norris!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

WMD'sWww@QuestionHome@Com

Hate and GreedWww@QuestionHome@Com

not shureWww@QuestionHome@Com

meWww@QuestionHome@Com

man of course!. always will beWww@QuestionHome@Com

Zionist Talmudic JewsWww@QuestionHome@Com