Is there a war instinct?

Re:Is there a war instinct? by Retric on Monday May 04, 2015 @07:42AM (#9485541)

Well they can go without food for 9+ years so that's more of a long term problem. As to nuclear winter they already live in Antarctica so there food source can also survive fairly harsh conditions, and it only takes one (or 2 depending on species).

Not that we have a lot of spare planets lying around but IMO it would be an interesting experement. Also, there is a fairly interesting ecosystem living inside the chernobil building which just goes to show how hardy some things are. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus Gama radiation as food... Yea that's a thing.

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Re:Is there a war instinct? by danieltillett on Monday May 04, 2015 @07:55AM (#9485578)

A cobalt bomb will keep the background radiation level on the surface lethal for nearly 100 years.

There is no way we can yet destroy all life on earth - microbial life is too tough for that, but we could destroy all macroscopic life on the surface.

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Re:Is there a war instinct? by Retric on Monday May 04, 2015 @08:00AM (#9485595)

Excluding caves. Also, rain drastically reduces how long radiation stays in an area. And again cobalt produces Gama radiation which some things use as food.

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