Comments on: Life After People by the History Channel

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Stargate: The Ark of Truth - Demerzel's Blog — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:11:39 +0000

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By: david

david — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:25:33 +0000

I thought the show was an important insight into the grand scheme of things. Moreover, it is a reminder of our impermance and to treasure each moment for what it really is, a miracle. It is miraclous that we, humans, came about under the conditions in which the earth inhabited throughtout its history. A particular line in the show commentary lingers in my mind, it states that the human race was made possible in a small window of opportunity in the history of the earth’s conditions. Any other time the conditions would not be suitable for our life. With this said, enjoy it while you can.

By: Warren

Warren — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:46:43 +0000

Life after people? WHO CARES? What a ridiculous premise! I can’t believe somebody would spend money to produce a show like that. I can’t believe anyone would find it interesting. Naturally, of course the human species isn’t going to last forever. Naturally, of course the infrastructure we’ve built, whatever of it survives us, will eventually deteriorate and disappear. As to the exact form and mechanism of that decay, WHO CARES? If we’re already gone, who gives a rat’s behind? The rats, I guess, or the great great great great great great great great great grandchildren of todays cockroaches. Life after people? GET a life. Then you you’ll be too busy to worry about such baloney

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By: After Life After People - Demerzel's Blog - Independent & Intellectual Analysis on Politics, China, SEO, and Gaming

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:01:57 +0000

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By: Demerzel

Demerzel — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:08:30 +0000

Please note that I have now posted my thoughts on this topic as well on Life After People.

By: Thoughts On Life After People - Demerzel's Blog - Independent & Intellectual Analysis on Politics, China, SEO, and Gaming

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:04:17 +0000

[...] the off-chance that one has yet to watch History Channel’s Life After People yet, please note that below will have spoilers on the show and my thoughts on it as [...]

By: Jack N

Jack N — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:03:05 +0000

Well, it was an interesting show, but I must say that I’m skeptical about all of humanity suddenly dying off. There’s just too many of us for every human to die off without a major catastrophe that would probably render much of the other points moot. Given that suspension of disbelief, it seems to have been well thought out. The real down side was the incredible amount of commercials during that two-hour spread. Thank goodness for DVRs.

By: Gerzel

Gerzel — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:16:41 +0000

This show was interesting in a very morbidly indulgent way but it’s entire premise was ridiculous. It presents a scenario were people simply disapear leaving buildings and automated systems intact, pets must fend for themselves etc…
This was a greenie nut’s wet dream, who wrote it Erik Pianka?!!

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Rob Callahan - Author of Hellbound Snowballs — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:02:29 +0000

[...] also act like a bunch of inbred monkeys, to some extent or another. Even the idiots commenting and speculating about this show have failed to produce much beyond a typical string of Youtube [...]

By: Pamela Hermes

Pamela Hermes — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:49:45 +0000

In 1999 a naval facility in Hawaii was closed, and many parts of it were left to grow as they would. Today (9 years later) freely growing trees, shrubs, grasses, wild flowers (aka weeds), etc., have grown under, up, and through every road, sidewalk, foundation, etc., that has not been intentionally maintained. There are many places that are simply unidentifiable as having been roads or parking lots or whatever they were when the facility was operational. Figure this information into your equation when trying to predict what the world will look like once we are gone.

Of course, most of us are so arrogant that we don’t even think of ourselves as a species; so, how are we to admit that extinction is the most likely result of our future?

By: Life After People Weekend Reminder - Demerzel's Blog - Independent & Intellectual Analysis on Politics, China, SEO, and Gaming

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:44:49 +0000

[...] those of you with the long MLK weekend, just sending out a reminder about Life After People being shown on the History Channel on January 21st from 9PM to [...]

By: Demerzel

Demerzel — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:32:42 +0000

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By: M@

M@ — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:31:33 +0000

Hollie,

Speak for yourself about humanity being “retarded.” In fact, we are not the only species that kills for sport. Nor do we have the power to “kill the planet.”

Of course humanity would not last forever! Even the religious know there’s a beginning and an end–it’s in the bible, after all. This entire concept seems to assume that we would not spawn another species that would continue after we’re long gone. This concept ignores the rapid development of artificial intelligence and the possibility of a technological Singularity that would explode everything we think about technology.

It’s interesting idea. Humans would die in the future, naturally. But that doesn’t mean extra-human intelligence would not survive.

Reading some of these comments, I’m reminded that a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:49:19 +0000

This show is going to be done well, we might find a way to hold on forever, Put muther nature under control, direct the valcano lava a different way,stop tittle waves with a huge bord or somthing ext.. and theres no telling what we could do with world peace.Also helping the earth wake back up cleaning it up Stop using cars and air polutionproducts, A PIPE DREAM I NTHINK NOT.

By: Dr. Gonzo

Dr. Gonzo — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:19:12 +0000

Mars? Don’t think so, current science (which is much further along when Hoagland and all his anti-science friends saw the Face on Mars) says that its atmosphere was blown away far too soon for intelligent life to take hold. This show will be cool though, as long as it isn’t as bad as the Discovery show a couple years back that attempted to show us where evolution would take animals of the future. That show was utterly absurd.