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Oxford University Researchers List 12 Global Risks To Human Civilization

Posted by samzenpus on from the birds-and-snakes-an-airplane-and-lenny-bruce-is-not-afraid dept.

An anonymous reader writes The 12 greatest threats to civilization have been established by Oxford University scientists, with nuclear war and extreme climate change topping the list. Published by the Global Challenges Foundation, the report explores the 12 most likely ways civilization could end. "[This research] is about how a better understanding of the magnitude of the challenges can help the world to address the risks it faces, and can help to create a path towards more sustainable development," the study's authors said. "It is a scientific assessment about the possibility of oblivion, certainly, but even more it is a call for action based on the assumption that humanity is able to rise to challenges and turn them into opportunities."

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  1. Abrahamic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or burns people alive in a cage in a public square?

    Like the inquisition did to Giordano Bruno? Well they did tie him to a stake instead of locking him in a cage.

    Or sells women and children in sexual slavery?

    Like the slave trade in the USA up until the middle of the 19th century?

    Or flies airliners into office buildings?

    As opposed to nuclear weapons used by the USA or truck filled with explosives used by Timothy McVeigh?

    Or blows up buses, cafes, churches, synagogs, government buildings, hotels, or anything place else innocent people gather?

    Like Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma city), or Eric Rudolph (Olympic Park), or perhaps the RIRA ( Omagh bombing 1998), INLA (Droppin Well bombing 1982), maybe the KKK (16th Street Baptist Church bombing) ?

    Wait a minute, those were all Christians!