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December 2, 2009

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Yellowstone Super-Volcano our biggest threat?

I think that Yellowstone National Park’s Caldera is the biggest threat to humanity, with the Sun at a quite point, meteors and asteroids, i have heard we know that there wont be one for 26 years or something?, the LHC not in operation, Gamma Ray Bursts not frequent enough to be dangerous, if i have missed any other please tell me, but what do you think?, i love this subject so please make it interesting.

No, not our biggest threat – not even close. You have to consider the extremely low probability that Yellowstone will have another super-eruption anytime soon as knocking it way down the list of threats.

My take on our biggest threats:
5) Global overpopulation (of humans).
4) Environmental degradation as a result of waste-production and disposal, pollution, and anthropogenic global climate change (exacerbated by overpopulation).
3) Disease – Pandemic.
2) Self-destructive behavior of humans based on extreme religious dogmas or ideologies. You could argue that extreme religious faith – regardless of the brand – is a global threat (i.e., Bronze age beliefs + 21st century weapons = bad news for society).
And of course, the number one threat:
1) BEARS!

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