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Old 10-25-2007, 02:42 AM
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Were the last two people alive...would you try and keep mankind going?

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If you had a daughter/son would you/spouse do the child to keep mankind alive...?

Or would you have a son and a daughter and just tell them its okay to have sex?
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Old 10-25-2007, 11:14 AM
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genetics wouldn't allow it
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wtf?
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Old 10-25-2007, 12:03 PM
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yeah man if its down to two people to keep the world alive.. naa.. you wouldnt get past a 3rd generation.. just pork for the hell of it and live out your days..
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Who knows. That's one of those desparate survival situations where all bets are off. I wouldn't normally eat human flesh either. But if we're stranded somewhere and starving to death, I might start gnawing on you even before you're dead!
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yeah... id give it a try! its better then sitting there bored. BUT yeah,... genetics got us pertty screwed if we tried that...
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Old 10-25-2007, 04:34 PM
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ahahah thats pretty gross
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Old 10-25-2007, 04:45 PM
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well...if you believe the bible, all of mankind decended from only adam and eve...

besides, isn't there some sort of government program where like 15 couples are living in a bunker under the swiss alps so they can repopulate the planet in the event of a nuclear fallout?

but if i was the one of the last two people on the planet, the last chick on earth better be hot, or i'll be on my way to the ferrari dealership.
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Old 10-25-2007, 04:49 PM
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yeah, id defiantly get me a nice car, like that audi r8 or OOHHHH! i want that new saleen TT thing that goes 250+mph!

yeah... 'bout that bible.....

at least that would explain republicans! JKJKJK no flaming!
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Oh heck yeah...if everyone else dissapears, I'm gonna be driving a SWEET car! Probably a different one every day.
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id get a euro Evo MR FQ400
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Old 10-25-2007, 05:20 PM
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if you were the last two people alive on earth, wouldnt you die soon from plague or disease from all the dead bodies laying around.. i mean i would assume that you just didnt out live everyone, something had to have happen causing everyone to suddenly be dead.. i would focus my attention on getting somewhere far far away from all the disease..

unless of course everyone hasnt died they just managed to leave earth, and left you two behind, i would also assume if this happens, they would probably take all the cool ____ with them, including the cool cars.

id probably just chill at my pad, eat top ramen, go to seven-11, then costco, and take all the cigarettes, smoke as much as i need.. (you know, same thing i do everyday of my life)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault
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Originally Posted by SeanstC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault
That's some crazy ****.
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Old 10-25-2007, 08:27 PM
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aint it though?! i imagine like drax said.. theres human dna or people living and waiting to repopulate just incase the higher ups screw us all..
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I'm sure they store sperm in there. After all they call it a "seed" bank...of all kinds of seeds known to man kind.
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Life fights to live on. There are animals in the wild, including mammals, that when exposed to no one of the opposite sex for long periods of time, can develop the ability to have children to continue the species.

So i would be willing to bet that if it came down to 2 people to repopulate, it could be done genetics or not. Life is ever evolving.
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Old 10-25-2007, 09:29 PM
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yeah but dont humans need a wide array of genes to do something? i dunno..
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Originally Posted by SeanstC
yeah man if its down to two people to keep the world alive.. naa.. you wouldnt get past a 3rd generation.. just pork for the hell of it and live out your days..
The world doesn't need humans to "live." Earth has and will do just fine without us.
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I think just one man and just one woman could repopulate the earth.

So the man and woman would have many, many children. These brothers and sisters (hell, supposed dad and kid, kid and mom too) could have children also.

Then, only the children who come out seemingly healthy, will be bred.

Then, just continue breding the ones that are the most genetically stable and furthest apart in the family.

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