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Post by rialvestro on Jul 2, 2010 23:04:10 GMT -5
In order for people to start going to the side of total chaos it would take allot more than 24 hours without technology. That would be like saying that a person would resort to cannibalism only 5 min. after being stranded on a deserted island. You're going to the extreme far too quickly. It's rather comical that you think people would go bazerk in only 24 hours.
It is likely that between air planes crashing and how long some patients can live off life support that some people will die. However that's only a small fraction of the entire population. The remaining population will morn the people who died and eventually get on with their lives like nothing ever happened.
Now if we had no technology for a month or more that would be a whole different story. That's when chaos would break loose because by this time people would be running out of food and most people wouldn't have the survival skills to cook anything without a working kitchen. This is especially true if you live in a big city. Country areas where people are more likely to go camping would be able to last a little bit longer without going insane.
24 hours is simply not enough time to cause total chaos.
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Post by ladystardust on Jul 3, 2010 12:20:29 GMT -5
I wonder why no one has referenced anothereffingjoe's post. I'd like to think that the mentioned examples have back-up energy supplies if all power is lost worldwide for 24hrs, but I don't know for certain. The "chaos" would not only be a conscious decision by people. If something bizarre happened to cut any and all power throughout the world, SO much would happen that is simply beyond our control. I don't think it's accurate to simply say: "I have faith in people, so it won't be that bad."
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Post by Shaken Earth on Jul 3, 2010 14:22:12 GMT -5
I think people would help each other out. There would not be complete chaos. Maybe over a period of time there would be, but not in 24 hours.
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Post by Nakor on Jul 3, 2010 14:26:45 GMT -5
Y'know, it occurs to me that we've been thinking about different terms of chaos. Some people are going by the "humans will turn into savage beasts" standard, which I agree mostly wouldn't happen. I'm thinking more about the world itself being in chaos -- the market, jobs, nuclear plants, spoiled food from refrigeration, life support in hospitals, etc. No tech for 24 hours would have a very, very lasting effect on humanity, and things would be absolutely crazy for a while.
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Post by rialvestro on Jul 4, 2010 5:22:14 GMT -5
Y'know, it occurs to me that we've been thinking about different terms of chaos. Some people are going by the "humans will turn into savage beasts" standard, which I agree mostly wouldn't happen. I'm thinking more about the world itself being in chaos -- the market, jobs, nuclear plants, spoiled food from refrigeration, life support in hospitals, etc. No tech for 24 hours would have a very, very lasting effect on humanity, and things would be absolutely crazy for a while. Honestly I think nuclear plants would be fine without technology for 24 hours. I mean if we're talking about a loss of power wouldn't that also mean that there is no nuclear energy in the plant. I mean if there's anything still in the power station that could go wrong then we really haven't lost the technology sense the station itself is running off it's own power. I mean over time the left over waist could be a danger but not in 24 hours. As for the whole thing about food. Again, in 24 hours, there's not allot of food that could spoil that quickly and it also depends on the time of year. If it's winter, than chances are without working heat in the house your food will keep a little longer. Summer, not so much. Of course people would be inclined to use anything they could that has potential to go bad before it actually does go bad if at all possible. Why did we put this on the list at all though, it's really the least of concerns. Even if food does go bad it can always be replaced. Anyway, from the poll above it says "Allot of bad stuff would happen but not total chaos" or "total chaos" so judging from that, I think we all agree about the planes crashing and bad stuff like that happening. The poll is only about how people will react to it and 24 hours is simply not enough time for people to go to chaos unless they're complete idiots.
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Post by amazingproductions on Jul 4, 2010 16:23:54 GMT -5
It depends on a HUGE amount of things so unless we know those variables, theres no way to answer the question
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Post by bombmaniac on Jul 5, 2010 11:10:45 GMT -5
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Post by redkneehighsocks on Jul 14, 2010 4:52:29 GMT -5
well, since no tech whatsoever makes us cavemen, im thinking i should discuss 'electric' tech. since thats what most people cant live without. we survived with out it for thousands of years but the real problem would be the panic caused from *tries to turn on PC* 'thats funny, its not working' *Tries to ring the tech guy* 'what, my cell doesn't work?.... AHHHHHHH' and thats were the panic begins. but we'd get over it. big production would just have to be put on hold. its not all about the money. the only thing i'd be really worried about would be those people on life support and those with pacemakers. i've lived in a tent for a week and lived on campfired food, plus went walking 10km's with 20kg on my back. its not hard if you put some effort into it.
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Post by zAkAtAk on Jul 14, 2010 6:56:17 GMT -5
The starving kids in Africa probably wouldn't see a difference.
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Post by Breepop on Jul 14, 2010 7:02:25 GMT -5
If people knew it would only be 24 hours? Meh, some bad things, but nothing huge.
If people didn't know it would just be 24 hours? Big possibility for massive amounts of chaos.
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Post by redkneehighsocks on Jul 17, 2010 22:19:36 GMT -5
good point
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