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Neilis
20. RE: Realistically speaking do humans really have a chance against skynet?
Nov 25 2008, 4:18 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 25 2008, 4:18 PM EST
"I am a big fan of the show, but I wonder if mankind can actually survive/overcome a real life scenario where skynet/terminators take over. As a human, I'd like to think we are clever and resilient enough to defend ourselves, but we're pretty fragile organic creatures that need food (where would we grow the food?) and can succumb to biological/chemical/nuclear agents.

Frank "
Well according to Terminator mythos, humans already prevailed over Skynet in the future. Skynet's jumps back into time are it's last ditch efforts.

While we are frail, in the future it seems that the weapons that they use can knock out a Terminator without TOO much effort. What we also likely have is numbers. I can't remember how many humans survived judgement day, but we're starting with almost 7 BILLION. There probably isn't 1 machine for every 200 humans left, so numerically the odds are in humanity's favor. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
TheBladeRunner
TheBladeRunner
21. RE: Realistically speaking do humans really have a chance against skynet?
Nov 25 2008, 4:32 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 25 2008, 4:32 PM EST
"Man is not faster,stronger,or as numerous but we always seem to be able to solve the problems before us. I have used the Warsaw Ghetto incident from WWII as an example of superior in number/training advisary being unable to win without bombing the Ghetto flat.

If it doesn't work for you a Good Terminator is a Dead One!

P.S Shadoware you are the right track!"
Like the old saying, the fox runs faster than the rabbit but the rabbit will escape because the fox is running for his supper and the rabbit is running for his life. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

Zohebh786
22. RE: Realistically speaking do humans really have a chance against skynet?
Nov 25 2008, 5:39 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 25 2008, 5:39 PM EST
Yes I still believe that human beings have a strong chance to come back. First of all, we are emotional but most people think of this as weakness. Human evolution has kept our emotions as a purpose to keep us in check, and actually sometimes make wiser decisions. Also, human ingenuinity is definitely underestimated by machines. Guerilla warefare, and these things are incredibly difficult to defeat, no matter how many years of training you have. Also, you know like terminators know how to do something, and are programmed to fight, but you really aren't truly ready for a situation until it occurs no matter how ready you think you are. Also, all these machines, and AI's are mimicked after the human mind.. so there is a reason for this. There is also a concept called creative destruction, where you need things destoryed to make them bigger and better later. Humans are resilent, and they tend to surprise you when you least expect it. Do you find this valuable?    

Buchholzer
23. RE: Realistically speaking do humans really have a chance against skynet?
Nov 25 2008, 5:49 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 25 2008, 5:49 PM EST
"but we're starting with almost 7 BILLION. "
4 billions have survied. In the movie part 2, Arnie or was it Sarah, told Dyson its his fault, that 3 billions people died.
4 billlions would be enough to fight and kill all mashines, but the mankind had no longer an infrastructure. The most of them runs
without plans through the landscape. and asking himself whats happened in the last minutes
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maxinator
maxinator
24. RE: Realistically speaking do humans really have a chance against skynet?
Nov 25 2008, 6:08 PM EST | Post edited: Nov 25 2008, 6:08 PM EST
It depends how you look at it:

1. It is already shown that the resistance(John) is able to reprogram and make "good" terminators.

2. There is another "chance" against Skynet. That is to evolve into it. Human/Machine=Hybrid - - Cyborg... whatever you wanna call it. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
kymeric
kymeric
25. RE: Realistically speaking do humans really have a chance against skynet?
Dec 10 2008, 10:00 AM EST | Post edited: Dec 10 2008, 10:00 AM EST
Terminator can only end 1 of three ways: They kill us, we kill them, we make peace. From what we have seen it seems like we destroy all the machines. #1 is the shock ending. #3 is the carebear ending and the threat of a new war will always be there.

I liked the ending of the videogame where skynet2 activates in orbit. The coolest ending IMHO would be Skynet is destroyed, Humans win, and Robots are freed to be individuals. Then skynet 2 activates and robots/humans have to work together to beat skynet2. Thats a whole nother Trillogy right there. Starring John/Kates children of course! ;) Do you find this valuable?    
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