Well, he said his whole purpose was to say that "there is not anything that man has made that has never failed." In his words, "Hoover Dam has been repaired because it was begining to fail, thus had to be be repaired, given time it would have indeed failed."
His entire point was trying to get me to understand that EVERYTHING man made has failed in some way and will ALWAYS continue to fail.
He's ex-military and has a really big head, lol. What he fails to realize is I honestly don't give a flyin fuck about his mind-fuck questions but that one actually stumped me, that's why I brought it here.
Hes not saying anything thats a mind fuck. On a long enough time line everything will fail/wither/die. Whether man made or not. But his question was pointless. Also as I said in my first post, though without maintenence the electrical power systems,generators,computers, and hydraulic systems would fail. The structure of the Hoover Damn is so dense and massive that its likely to stand for thousands of years even without human maintenence. However eventually it to would fall.
The earth itself is well passed half its life in age. In 2 billion years the molten iron core that powers plate techtonics will shut down. The internal engine that powers the earth will disappear. The Magnetic field that protects our planet from the suns radioactive rays will disappear and life will cease to exist on earth.
3 Billion years later the sun to will die. As it burns the last of its hydrogen it will begin burning helium and turn into a red giant. In its death throws It will cast off its outer layers and become a white dwarf. A dead star.
So nothing, nothing at all lasts forever. Whether its man made or not has nothing to do with it. Even the universe itself will eventually tear itself apart and die. Explain that to your boss and watch his head explode lol
