Not actually. An impact is inevitable, given enough time.

nerfhammer · on March 20, 2014

given the time scale of the duration in which a major impact event is likely humanity's technology will have advanced radically beyond which we could possibly imagine

tshaddox · on March 20, 2014

Yes, and the way that will happen is that money will be invested into space technology companies like SpaceX.

nerfhammer · on March 20, 2014

or it will just happen anyway over the course of thousands of years

dragonwriter · on March 20, 2014

No, actually, if everyone chooses "invest in other things" over "invest in technology", then it won't happen. If it will happen, it will be because of technology investment, not as magic that occurs independently of them.

nerfhammer · on March 20, 2014

It's impossible to imagine how humanity would stop investing in technology or would only invest in technology that would not be related to space travel