When Will Humans Go Extinct? | Professor Guy McPherson Ph.D. | HR #211 @NatureBatsLast

"We are under the gross misconception that we are a good species going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and god will smile on us. It is delusion." Farley Mowat

I’ve loved guy for twenty years. He is one of my heroes, and my hero list is counted on one hand and it doesn’t include fictional characters.

I think that Professor Guy McPherson is respected by a lot more people than he could ever imagine. As for one of those I am here from Hungary, plus All Of My Friends with whom I shared his doomsday message, who believe it.

This was one of the nicest most fun interviews I've seen Guy enjoying. I think I'll look into this host's podcasts. Thank you for sharing a wonderful time with my favorite mentor.

Thanks for making us laugh at least, as the clock ticks towards extinction.

I never thought a show titled "When will humans go extinct?" could be so funny. Thanks to the art of comedy, and the chemistry of two wild and crazy guys.

Guy McPherson speaks the unvarnished truth. He is a true champion of humanity.

The University of Newcastle study found that the average person consumes the weight of a credit card's worth of plastic per week, not per day.

“This can’t happen to our species because we’re way to smart”. Whoever wrote that obviously doesn’t get out much.

McPherson telling it like it is as the ship goes down.

He is the bravest person in the world.

I appreciate professor Guy Mc Pherson as he is straight forward and doesn't beat around the bush at all. Though I believe we have a little bit longer than he thinks... not much though.

I joined Twitter to tweet about the climate catastrophe after listening to Guy's presentations. My Pinned Tweet thread begins with his presentation. This is not my Twitter handle. I'm merely stating that it was his blunt facts that woke me up--I had a science background but was busy doing other things. He has my ultimate respect. I am hopium free.

One thing that really gets me is how top institutional climate scientists, the one's providing the top accepted info. to the masses regarding climate change, claim they don't know what's causing the recent spike in world temperatures. That has to be a crock, because one look at dramatically rising sea surface temps is obviously the culprit, and they also know ocean currents have slowed by 30%, so how much of a leap does it take to conclude that ocean heat sequestered over many decades is rising up now to the surface, influencing global air temperatures. Those scientists don't want to say that because it looks like runaway warming. One scientist said he 'prayed' it was a temporary anomaly. He used the word praying, which seemed odd for science talk, but is understandable considering the circumstance. What I'm wondering is how high must world air temps have to get before there is a reckoning, a threshold where the IPCC has to belly up to the bar and say, "We've reached a point in which we have to switch to geo-engineering to buy the time to move off of fossil fuels." And people will be aghast, unbelieving their ears, shocked into a coherence they never thought would be said until the year 2100, a year always put forth to get people to ignore any problem with climate change currently happening.

Had the honor to speak with Dr. McPherson and Pauline in Ashland WI years ago. Dr. McPherson took the time to explain to me why PBS couldn't devote a day to climate change: Corporate sponsors!😢

Guy McP deserves a 👍

Progress is running places you don't need to go and lifting heavy things that dont need lifted😅

Key Moments 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:00 Microplastics 00:10:00 civilization contributes to global warming 00:15:00 shift in school culture 00:20:00 cultural differences in Europe and America 00:25:00 Charles Manson, Ted Kaczynski, and Gary Davis 00:30:00 President Theodore Roosevelt 00:35:00 World War I, World War II, and the Spanish Flu 00:40:00 indigenous people 00:45:00 mental health, chronic pain and medication use 00:50:00 children are maturing faster 00:55:00 humanity's stupidity

Oh my the ability to comment on McPherson!

Yes, I was born in 1965. It was "Lord of the Flies" in the neighborhood. I remember one kid (who was a super fun kid-personality plus) must have had what they call ADD now because he was not allowed to eat sugar. We called him "hyper" and mocked him: "Your 'hyper' and can't eat sugar." (while he was eating sugar along with the rest of us.)