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?

Comments

[tandw.livejournal.com]

...some 4,000 generations of humans knew of nothing but harsh winds and eternal snows.

One wonders what he thinks those hardy souls ate. Snow, perhaps?

[glaurung-quena.livejournal.com]

Organically grown, 100% snow-fed mammoths!

[rozasharn.livejournal.com]

Yetis! That's why they're extinct now.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

I assume he thinks they just sat around feeling sorry for themselves.

[bruce munro (from livejournal.com)]

Projection?

[elusis.livejournal.com]

I'm not projecting - YOU'RE projecting!

[bruce munro (from livejournal.com)]

Er, I was suggesting _he_ was projecting.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

I see my humor meta-tags failed to render visibly. :-/

[seth ellis (from livejournal.com)]

Their own tears were not just delicious to them, but also filling.