XPost: alt.checkmate, sci.physics, alt.philosophy.checkmate   
   From: greghall@yacht_maester.fake   
      
   On Tue, 2 Jan 2018 20:51:24 -0800, Checkmate  wrote:   
      
      
   >   
   >That's a damned good question, and personally, I think we're going to   
   >fuck everything up relatively soon.  We knew that once the nuclear genie   
   >got out of the bottle, we'd only be able to restrict others from getting   
   >it for so long.  Pretty soon, it's going to be "So long".  Hell, it   
   >doesn't even have to be nuclear.  We have plenty of nightmares coming out   
   >of labs, and capable of having similar results.  It could be anything   
   >from nerve gas, to a new antibiotic resistant super bug, to a new virus,   
   >a global economic meltdown, to World War Last.  That's why I don't worry   
   >all that much about "global warming," or whatever we're calling it this   
   >year.   
      
   Don't forget about an EMP or two that would   
   wipe out the grid for months, if not years.   
      
   You can bet some of those Islamic Jihadists   
   who live off the grid in caves are working   
   hard to facilitate the destruction of the   
   developed world.   
      
   --   
      
   Yours Truly,   
   Gregory "...leap tall buildings in a single bound!" Hall   
      
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