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bionicbob said:"Whatever it takes!"
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMBFSGVi1c[/video]
Epic, much?
Yep.
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bionicbob said:"Whatever it takes!"
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMBFSGVi1c[/video]
Epic, much?
TMBTM said:I'm predicting all the ones who died in the last one will be resurrected and all the ones who didn't WILL really die (or live in an alternate universe so Marvel can use them once in a while cause they love cheating anyway).
Moe_Syzlak said:I am, admittedly, not a close follower of these movies. But I’m confused as to what Thanos’ motivation is. He wiped out half the population right? To what end? To set back human population to 1974 levels? Seems a bit shortsighted, no?
Moe_Syzlak said:Okay but wouldn’t it be better to wipe out 7/8th the population thus creating a longing lasting effect than 45 years? Arguably the population had reached an exponential tipping point long bedore it hit 4B in 1974.
asterixsmeagol said:Thanos is right that resources are finite, but arbitrarily selecting 50% of everything to wipe out is insane. Maybe some planets were in balance already. Maybe some had 90% too many people. Maybe he should have used that same power to increase resources instead!
Masirimso17 said:The Infinity Stones are powerful, sure, but you can’t create things from thin air. That’s just basic Physics. Oh, you can definitely change things, like a gun blast to bubbles. But even if you change things to food and resources, feed the overpopulated, those things are still going to end. This way is going to ensure that life will go on forever, balanced, and happy, as long as Thanos passes the torch to future generations, which is I believe why he adopted Gamora and Nebula, and made them battle each other to get stronger.
Masirimso17 said:Moe_Syzlak said:Okay but wouldn’t it be better to wipe out 7/8th the population thus creating a longing lasting effect than 45 years? Arguably the population had reached an exponential tipping point long bedore it hit 4B in 1974.
It’s all about balance. Sure Thanos believes the universe needs cleansing, but too much death would this time be unfair, which is why Thanos commits genocide, but random, unbiased, fair to all. He probably believes, though sacrifices have to be made, if he goes beyond half of life it wouldn’t be a fair, balanced way of doing it.
Moe_Syzlak said:Masirimso17 said:Moe_Syzlak said:Okay but wouldn’t it be better to wipe out 7/8th the population thus creating a longing lasting effect than 45 years? Arguably the population had reached an exponential tipping point long bedore it hit 4B in 1974.
It’s all about balance. Sure Thanos believes the universe needs cleansing, but too much death would this time be unfair, which is why Thanos commits genocide, but random, unbiased, fair to all. He probably believes, though sacrifices have to be made, if he goes beyond half of life it wouldn’t be a fair, balanced way of doing it.
But what’s the point? Eliminating half of 8B people forestalls over population how!? It’s like stepping on the surface of an anthill to try to eliminate an ant problem in your yard. You may arbitrarily and randomly kill some, but it does zilch for the actual problem at hand. Maybe what SHIELD needs is a super exponents tutor to spend some time with Thanos.
Masirimso17 said:asterixsmeagol said:Thanos is right that resources are finite, but arbitrarily selecting 50% of everything to wipe out is insane. Maybe some planets were in balance already. Maybe some had 90% too many people. Maybe he should have used that same power to increase resources instead!
It is not selected arbitrarily per se. More like necessarily. All of life in the universe is randomly cut in half. No one knows how it happens, not even Thanos. If he did, and the snap killed people according to percentages in each planet, then that wouldn’t be random or fair, it would be biased. The point is, the universe is balanced, and no world is overpopulated.
I’m not good at math, but I’m not sure I understand what “90% too many people” means though. 90% too many compared to what? Titan is an example of a world where the overpopulation destroyed itself. It seems to me that if a world hasn’t destroyed itself, killing half it’s population would fix its overpopulation problem. For example; Earth is a world where the population is extremely high and if it is not controlled somehow, will get to the point of uncontrollable chaos.
It is not selected arbitrarily per se. More like necessarily. All of life in the universe is randomly cut in half. No one knows how it happens, not even Thanos. If he did, and the snap killed people according to percentages in each planet, then that wouldn’t be random or fair, it would be biased. The point is, the universe is balanced, and no world is overpopulated.
Masirimso17 said:And about increasing resources, again...
Masirimso17 said:The Infinity Stones are powerful, sure, but you can’t create things from thin air. That’s just basic Physics. Oh, you can definitely change things, like a gun blast to bubbles. But even if you change things to food and resources, feed the overpopulated, those things are still going to end. This way is going to ensure that life will go on forever, balanced, and happy, as long as Thanos passes the torch to future generations, which is I believe why he adopted Gamora and Nebula, and made them battle each other to get stronger.
Let me know if I’m mistaken about something.