Space Ark Survey Results

By | July 2, 2006
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We did not have the same kind of overwhelming response to our Space Ark Survey as we have to some of our other recent surveys. Could be that the Space Ark is more of a specialty subject, or maybe we’ve just surveyed you all out.

Smaller numbers aside, however, there were some fascinating answers to the questions (as always) with the Other category and open-ended questions once again providing some keen and unexpected insights.

A few interesting tidbits:

Not one respondent viewed Global Warming as the most imminent threat to humanity. (Where are my hockey-stick pals?)

Call me a moralist, but I found very disturbing the cavalier references to “culling the herd” and “killing off excess population.” We’re talking about people here, right?

The excerpt from the Stromatolite Beach Ark Survey of 2,000,000,000 B.C. really made the whole exercise worthwhile. Thank you.

So without further ado…here’s what you told us about whether there is a Space Ark in humanity’s future.

  • Karl Hallowell

    Why did so many people select F) for question 1? A large asteroid collision didn’t seem that likely to me.

    The bars for question 2 are so misleading (since it starts at 20.5 instead of 0). I thought at first, there were a lot more optimists.

    Question 5 has unreadable text.

  • Phil Bowermaster

    Karl –

    Thanks for catching those things. I fixed number 5; not quite sure what to do about 2. The survey software seems to be defaulting to creating that graph and I can’t control it. I might have to demp the data into Excel to fix the problem.

  • http://beyondwordsworth.com Kathy

    Thanks for processing the space ark survey. I just got back from another planet. Vacation at Cornerstone Music/Arts festival. My perspective on the human race is probably a bit more optimistic today than it was two weeks ago. I’m encouraged that many, many people are making choices to help people, economies and ecosystems all over the world. Small changes add up and I’m seeing ideas becoming mainstream that used to be radical. We’re in the middle of this change and it’s hard to see, but I think the human consciousness and spiritual nature are moving and adapting slowly but surely in the right direction.