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The End is Nigh…. well maybe. One day the human race will be wiped from the face of the planet but what will be the cause? We examine The Five Most Probable Causes Of Human Extinction. Don’t agree with our list? Then let us know in the comments section below. You can also subscribe here - http://tinyurl.com/prn4lec Join us on Twitter here - www.twitter.com/Take5Nation And Facebook here - http://tinyurl.com/orv4j3z And check out these other awesome videos Top Five Aggressive Animals in the World https://goo.gl/07MUeX Five Reasons Why Religion is Bad for the World https://goo.gl/IHgSQW Five Reasons Why Religion is Good for the World https://goo.gl/Z6FnZo The Five Craziest Museums in the World https://goo.gl/LqZt77 Five Amazing Animal Myths https://goo.gl/6TGkgh Five Argument Against Euthanasia https://goo.gl/uTk33g Five Arguments For Euthanasia https://goo.gl/6atG8z The Five Biggest Whistleblowers in History https://goo.gl/DgdOZd Top Five Badassas in History https://goo.gl/9fE5Um The Five Worst U.S Presidents in History https://goo.gl/5yozx7 Five Crazy Foods From Around The World https://goo.gl/BPpSbl Five Incredible Extreme Athletes https://goo.gl/YpJ6nF Five Amazing Facts About Space https://goo.gl/INaaI1 Anyway… back to the Armageddon. Viruses Public health experts fret each year that an outbreak of influenza could turn disastrous. In 2009 when the pandemic virus took experts by surprise; it was only luck that the virus turned out to be mild. Virologists have learned in recent years that human flu viruses start out in birds and later mutate and borrow genetic` material from other viruses until they turn into a human pathogen. For this reason, they've closely watched bird-flu outbreaks; they are trying to avoid a repeat of the flu pandemic of 1918, which killed between 20 and 50 million people. Venus Syndrome Scientists fear that if the average temperature of Earth rises high enough, the planet could reach a point at which it gets warmer and warmer regardless of what we do about carbon emissions. This the Venus effect, after the planet Venus, which is about the same size as Earth and yet has surfaces temperatures high enough to melt lead. The idea is that snow will melt, exposing land and water below, which absorbs more heat, which makes the planet warmer still. Super Intelligent A.I. It may seem like we are now entering the realm of science fiction. However, many serious people believe that artificial intelligences smarter than human beings will be in existence before the year 2100. Some scientists predict that by the year 2020, a $1000 computer will be as powerful as a human brain, and by 2045, more powerful than all human brains put together. If this prediction holds true, it is very likely that the fate of the human species will be decided by super intelligent A.I. But will they humans send someone back in time, only to be followed by Arnie? Nuclear War Nuclear Armageddon is not a new idea. We lived with the specter of nuclear war for half of the 20th century and although the cold war is over the threat is still very real. Writer Jonathan Schell painted in vivid picture of what nuclear war would be like. This included a "nuclear winter," a cooling of the planet from dust and debris thrown up into the upper atmosphere. With up to nine separate countries, including North Korea, possessing nuclear weapons up to 15,000 in total, there are easily enough nuclear weapons to completely eradicate the human race. Meteorite Impact The meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs was probably about nine miles wide and would have struck Earth with a force of 100 million megatons, the equivalent of a billion Hiroshima sized nuclear bombs. In 2005, Congress mandated that NASA search for asteroids that could potentially strike Earth. However, spotting an earth ending meteorite is one thing… stopping it is an entirely different proposition. Sadly the science in the movie Armageddon was pretty lose and would never actually work. And at the moment there are no known contingencies in place if a giant rock is actually heading our way.