What to do with your Free Time: How to Destroy the World

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:58 pm

http://ned.ucam.org/%7Esdh31/misc/destroy.html

I think if we pool our resources and work together, we might be able to pull off one of these!

Paragon · Post by **Paragon** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:52 pm

But I like the Earth. It's where I keep all of my stuff!

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:17 pm

So?
When the earth is destroyed you wont need stuff

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:10 pm

This site is awesome.
I'm pretty impressed with their analysis of the various possible methods, while the site doesn't list all the possible ways to destroy the earth, it does give a good overview.

The options which they seem to have rated the best are:
Eaten by von Neumann machines
and
Hurled into the Sun / Torn apart by Jupiter

As a side note it also lead me to this interesting article discussing the existance of "zero-point" energy.
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/vacuum.html

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:18 pm

Ah the things you can discover when reviewing methods of destroying the planet.