I dunno all life today is an example of an unbroken lineage back to the begining of all life in existence (on earth), yes most branches wither and die but there's also no such thing as a 'new' species, just the latest permutation or branch of one that was there before.

Funny that this is some profound statement

He's not wrong. I'd be surprised if we had any more than 2,000 years left, the way things are going. And most of that is time taken for the small groups scattered across the planet after the bigger catastrophies to die off.

Yea... Probably some felonious fraudster convincing people they can be exalted to godhood... Own their own planet... Impregnate all their wives. Populate the planet with their spiritual children.

Yea... Sounds legit. 💯

Was posting on im14andthisisdeep?

Michel Mayor, Nobel laureate in physics, discusses important questions such as "dude, wouldn't it be cool if we could send people to live on other planets on the far side of the galaxy?" and "if there are aliens, what do you think they're like?"

Very valid points. I’m guessing humanity will disappear much sooner: we are our own worst enemy. At the rate we are going it may well be over in a couple of hundred years.

Noble laureates, the most abundant source of opinions found so far.

I love J R Gott's application of the Copernican Principle to the observation of the human race (and anything else). The chances are that you are an average observer of the human race (or anything else) and exist in the 95% range, which gives us between a few thousand and a million years left.
We are almost definitely not going to last. But we will almost definitely last longer than reality TV.