EXTINCTION OF HOMO SAPIENS

The last eighty years have been a golden age of advancement in understanding the universe, the origin of life, and the history of our species. In fact, we will likely never know more than we know now. We are an extraordinary version of our species, but our end is in sight.

The vision of our species' extinction becomes more straightforward and transparent daily. We are headed inexorably to complete self-made annihilation. The laws of physics, if not of evolution, portend a finite ending. The best evidence is the extinction of millions of species that are dying out in the life of our planet.

At least three things converge to allow the view that the end is near, and the end is not the religious version, although religion is one of the three indicators of the end. 

The first is the new age of war. By awakening the sleeping giant in this age of technological sprint, we are so much closer than ever to losing control through leadership failures or artificial intelligence. 

The second is the relentless pursuit of regressive stupidity. Although the intelligentsia continues to make great strides into the future and advance science as never before, the educational systems fail to educate, and the educatable worship dogma, grifters, and cult leaders.  

Religion has been about the task of destroying the species since its inception. Now, theocracies and control by minority rule are just around the corner. Formal churchgoing may be declining, but that is no harbinger of rational humanism growing on a grand scale. Instead, there is a pandemic of superstition, lies, fake news, and tooth fairy tales. The Christian Bible becomes the only book to read, and we are back to burning books that are not dogmatic.

The rationally predictable devolution of the homo sapien species is on a fast track, and it is inevitable. There is no elixir for curing stupidity and superstition. Although it is impossible to predict the timing or the precise cause, the end is near. Very near.