Here are your choices for the things most likely to wipe out the human race. While not scientific, the results of this PollDaddy poll first posted on this blog Sep 16, 2008 are interesting.If you feel we've missed anything important, like methane bubbles sucking the oxygen out of our air, let me know. We can always add more and open the vote again. Once we feel we have truly nailed down the biggest threats, then we can get on with the business of proposing solutions.
Total Votes: 826
Top Reasons Humanity May Go Extinct
| 1 | 5% (42 votes) | Overpopulation |
| 2 | 4% (34 votes) | Global warming |
| 3 | 4% (33 votes) | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| 4 | 4% (32 votes) | War / Military thinking |
| 5 | 4% (30 votes) | Laziness |
| 6 | 4% (30 votes) | Pollution |
| 7 | 3% (28 votes) | Disease |
| 8 | 3% (28 votes) | Massive water shorages |
| 9 | 3% (26 votes) | Obesity / Lack of exercise |
| 10 | 3% (24 votes) | Infectious diseases |
| 11 | 3% (24 votes) | Lack of long term planning |
| 12 | 3% (24 votes) | Rapid Climate Change |
| 13 | 3% (24 votes) | Running out of Oil |
| 14 | 3% (23 votes) | Mass Starvation / Famine |
| 15 | 3% (23 votes) | Terrorism |
| 16 | 3% (22 votes) | Deforestation |
| 17 | 3% (21 votes) | Ocean life Depletion |
| 18 | 2% (19 votes) | Ozone layer depletion |
| 19 | 2% (18 votes) | Industrial Waste |
| 20 | 2% (18 votes) | Lack of agricultural land |
| 21 | 2% (17 votes) | Asteroids / Comets / NEOs |
| 22 | 2% (17 votes) | Incorrect information |
| 23 | 2% (16 votes) | Lack of Exercise |
| 24 | 2% (15 votes) | Diminishing biodiversity |
| 25 | 2% (15 votes) | Murder / Violence / Suicide |
| 26 | 2% (15 votes) | Nuclear waste |
| 27 | 2% (14 votes) | Aliens |
| 28 | 2% (14 votes) | Cancer |
| 29 | 2% (14 votes) | Fascism |
| 30 | 2% (13 votes) | A Black Hole |
| 31 | 2% (13 votes) | Mental Illness |
| 32 | 2% (13 votes) | Super Volcano |
| 33 | 1% (11 votes) | Heart disease |
| 34 | 1% (11 votes) | Massive Earthquake |
| 35 | 1% (11 votes) | Xenophobia / Isolationism |
| 36 | 1% (9 votes) | Birth defects |
| 37 | 1% (9 votes) | Man made machines |
| 38 | 1% (9 votes) | Nearby Supernova |
| 39 | 1% (9 votes) | Radioactivity |
| 40 | 1% (9 votes) | Solar Flare |
| 41 | <1% (8 votes) | Sun expands, devours Earth |
| 42 | <1% (7 votes) | Substance Abuse |
| 43 | <1% (6 votes) | Abortion |
| 44 | <1% (6 votes) | Slavery |
| 45 | <1% (5 votes) | Earth leaves orbit, freezes |
| 46 | <1% (5 votes) | Gamma-Ray burst |
| 47 | <1% (4 votes) | Moon crashes into us |
| 48 | % (4 votes) | Other |
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