Ice doom of DOOM!

[james_davis_nicoll]

The previous ice age lasted some 110,000 years and ended about 11,000 years ago. In other words, some 4,000 generations of humans knew of nothing but harsh winds and eternal snows. The apparently "normal'' periods between ice ages, like the present one, have averaged between 8,000 and 12,000 years. In short, the next ice age is overdue. The key question is when it will come. Can space be colonised by a sufficiently large population so that, when the next ice age strikes, it will not threaten the survival of the race?

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Wait, what?!?

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

... because it implies that my ancestors were so stupid and so sedentary they just sat there in the katabatic gale and bitched about the weather, instead of going someplace a bit warmer like all the other animals.

Er, what about the Inuit, the Lapps, etc? Tongue only somewhat in cheek, are you calling them all "stupid" and, even, "sedentary"?

Re: Wait, what?!?

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

If by Lapps you mean the Sami, they have largely been denied agency to go elsewhere.