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Tag Archives: doom
Things are Getting Less Expensive
Consider the modern television set: The last TV I bought was a 43-inch smart TV that cost me roughly $500 in 2016; it’s no longer in my possession, but my old roommate is still using it to his great joy. … Continue reading
The Coming Doom of the “Y” Chromosome and Human Males
Although the Y chromosome’s role in sex determination is clear, research has shown that it is undergoing rapid evolutionary deterioration. Many generations ago the Y chromosome was large, and contained as many genes as the X chromosome. Now it is … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedicine, Doom, Genetics and Gene Expression, Sex, Sex Differences
Tagged doom, Sex Differences
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Understanding Cycles of Oxygen, Water, and Carbon
The Oxygen Cycle Notice that most of the Earth’s oxygen is tied up in the lithosphere — planetary rock. Atmospheric levels of oxygen can rise and fall, naturally, and have done so over billions of years. Major reservoirs involved in … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Green Quagmire, Science
Tagged Climate Apocalypse, doom, Green Corruption, Science
2 Comments
Can These Worms Save the Human Race from Extinction?
We Have Not Confronted a Virus that Constitutes an Existential Threat to the Species — Yet But eventually, we are likely to meet an emerging virus that comes close. The Zika virus, for example, is certainly not an existential threat … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedicine, Demographics, Doom, Epidemiology, Zika
Tagged doom, Epidemics, Zika
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Why Won’t the Bitch Just Die?
Western Civilisation Shows a Marked Reticence to Roll Over and Die Doomers are a dime a dozen. According to such doomers as Ehrlich, Orlov, Kuntsler, Cobb, etc. the nations of the west should have dropped dead long ago from one … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Anarchy, Demographics, Disruptive Technologies, Doom, Government, Peter Zeihan
Tagged doom, innovation
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Peak Oil Armageddon, Global Warming Apocalypse, Doom on a Popsicle Stick
The path to “end of the world” thinking is well trod, most heavily so in times of oppression, uncertainty, and corruption. But perhaps some of us can recognize how familiar is this dark road, resist the natural urge to repeat … Continue reading
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