Comments on type brighter: Devolutionary thoughts

I was wondering how the powers that be would be ab...

2006-07-06T11:39:00.000-04:00

I was wondering how the powers that be would be able to let you know that the power wasn't ever coming back on again. Door-to-door foot messengers?! Smoke signals?

An interesting thought, but a little clouded reaso...

2006-05-24T08:30:00.000-04:00

An interesting thought, but a little clouded reasoning.

A) Medecine protecting the genepool from 'natural selection'... it is, you're right... but it'll take a few tens thousand years before we see a real change, evolution is slow like that.

B) Westerners are more ill-prepared for a catastrophic event than the poorer portion of the world. No, not really. Sure, there might be

Wow, this is a great post. I've oftened wondered ...

2006-02-01T09:32:00.000-05:00

Wow, this is a great post. I've oftened wondered about this exact situation myself. And since it's something that my family and I have kind of tossed around before, I think we'd probably be OK. We know enough basic survival skills, and would probably have enough ingenuity to make it. (I say probably, because you never know how bad it could get).

You've brought up some great questions

My father works for the power company that was res...

2006-01-25T18:32:00.000-05:00

My father works for the power company that was responsible for that blackout. The way that company is run, I wouldn't be surprised if we DO lose our energy forever!! (no joke!!)

Great post.