Desrtopa comments on 2011 Less Wrong Census / Survey - Less Wrong

77 Post author: Yvain 01 November 2011 06:28PM

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Comment author: Desrtopa 01 November 2011 12:42:22PM 2 points [-]

If society collapses, we would lose the ability to support most of humanity. I wouldn't expect it to result in the loss of 90+% of the population within the space of a decade, but I could definitely see it dropping by that much.

I don't think it's all that likely, but I would definitely rate it above a natural pandemic wiping out 90% or more of the population.

Comment author: pedanterrific 01 November 2011 01:19:23PM 2 points [-]

Agreed. (Not to mention 'asteroid strike'. Did anyone even pick that?) I put 'man-made pandemic', myself.