Posted on 01/26/2016 9:55:44 PM PST by Citizen Zed
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Rising tension between Russia and the U.S., North Korea's recent nuclear test and a lack of aggressive steps to address climate change are putting the world under grave threat, scientists behind a "Doomsday Clock" that measures the likelihood of a global cataclysm said Tuesday.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that the minute hand on the metaphorical clock remained at three minutes-to-midnight. The clock reflects how vulnerable the world is to catastrophe from nuclear weapons, climate change and new technologies, with midnight symbolizing apocalypse.
"Unless we change the way we think, humanity remains in serious danger," said Lawrence Krauss, chair of the bulletin's Board of Sponsors.
Krauss said the Iran nuclear agreement and Paris climate accord were good news. But the good news was offset by nuclear threats, including tension between nuclear-armed states India and Pakistan, and uncertainty that the Paris accord will lead to concrete action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The scientists behind the bulletin adjusted the clock from five minutes-to-midnight to three minutes-to-midnight last year, the closest to midnight it has been since 1983. They cited climate change, modernization of nuclear weapons and outsized nuclear weapons arsenals as "extraordinary and undeniable threats to the continued existence of humanity."
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Meh
Screw those lefties and their damned clock.
It’s such a silly concept, at best a heiristic device. The idea that we’re at greater risk of global annihilation than the early 60s shows that really smart people often have a problem with reality.
This propaganda is about 3 decades past its sell-by date.
“nuclear weapons, climate change and new technologies”
Huh? Suddenly climate change is on the list. And nothing about muzzie savages infesting civilized nations. What a bunch of idiots.
Similar to the goal changing rules the communists live by, NONSENSE. Nothing more than constant guilt accusations, the constant hatred meant to keep you from paying attention to the real problems. Nonsense!!!
No mention of three completely melted reactors at Fukushima ? No worldwide effort to clean up the mess and stop the leaks ? Ah. We are just concerned about mythical problems that government can solve. Not the real problems that government creates. Gotcha..
Ten years ago I vowed to watch that clock hit zero, and it just did. Al Gore is an idiot. I can’t wait till I go to work tomorrow and mock all my coworkers who bought into his hoax.
They had my attention when they mentioned the US, Russia and Korea. As soon as I read global warming crap, that was it. It’s leftist drivel. Period. Time to move on.
So we’re going to zap and toast the earth with scary ionizing isotopes, yet our greatest fear is globull warming.
That clock has never worked correctly and is totally unreliable. Time to go digital.
Ya that got me too.
They will talk about rising tensions with Russia as a threat. But nothing about Muslim terror, Muslim inspired wars of conquest happening, none of that is on their list.
But global warming is on the list???? Really???
Even if, for sake of argument, you want to say that global warming is happening, what are we saying??? Sea levels will rise, there will be coastal flooding,etc. BUT MANKIND ITSELF WILL ADAPT AND SURVIVE EVEN IF THAT HAPPENS.
But will civilization itself survive if Muslim terrorists keep starting wars against the civilized world, and the civilized world reacts in a politically correct manner rather than seeking to destroy the enemy????
“This propaganda is about 3 decades past its sell-by date.”
No kidding. That stupid “clock” will be 70 years old next year.
It was concocted by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, one of the first groups to tack “scientist” onto to its name in order to give the impression that its leftwing propaganda is something other than leftwing propaganda. Well at least they fool themselves.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the source of the “doomsday clock” have been a bunch of left-wing nuts from their founding in 1945.
At least they’re consistent.
The clock proves nobody can see the future but God.
This shithead clock has been at The World Is About To End stage since WW2. Yet the jabbering chimps at Fox News give it credence.
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