ASTEROIDS AND SECRECY: IF END IS NIGH, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

space.com ^ | 02/24/03 | Roy Britt

[Mike Darancette]

Personally, I would want to know.

On that last day I would eat a good meal, then I would drive to a high place taking my favorite music, a bottle of Napoleon Brandy and a fine cigar to dip in it.

There I would listen to my tunes and watch the end of mankind unfold.

I would be determined to die better than the Dinosaurs

[Bob J]

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[Non-Sequitur]

I'd want to know. Watch my credit card balances go through the roof.

[CFC__VRWC]

"Keeping secret something potentially very dangerous is an idea that would resonate very well with the current administration in Washington," Clarke said. "It would probably resonate with most high-level decision makers."

It never fails how some people will find ANY WAY to get their shots in at the Bush Administration.

[sit-rep]

I would want to know, but I would not like everyone else to know... I do not think I could handle the way some may take it.

SR

[Dog Gone]

At the heart of Sommer's case is how people would respond to the knowledge of looming cataclysm.

This has been explored in many fine science fiction books, including the classic, Lucifer's Hammer.

[Amerigomag]

As a said last week when this was first posted:

I'd like to know. I have a list of things I really want to do.

Visit with the Clintons, the governor of California, the Democratic leaders of the California senate and assembly and one of my neighbors.

[CFC__VRWC]

This has been explored in many fine science fiction books, including the classic, Lucifer's Hammer.

I've got to get another copy of that one - I wore mine out. I haven't read that story in years.

[Mike Darancette]

Lucifer's Hammer.

Sittin' on my hill I'll have a "Hot Fudge Sundae" for my dessert.

[Arkinsaw]

I'd prefer my kids not have to go through the mania, raping, looting, and assorted madness that would occur if every slimeball knew that the world was ending. Nope, would rather have them live normal till the end.

[strela]

If the public were told beforehand, crime of all kinds would likely explode. For the more morally casual amongst us, there would be no reason NOT to steal everything they could get their hands on and commit every vile sexual assault conceivable. What would stop them (besides a round of double-ought buck to the chest and face)?

[PackerBoy]

As if Clinton would not have lied about this -- if it suited his politics.

[Dog Gone]

It's been reprinted with a new preface. I wore my old one out, also.

I have read literally hundreds of science fiction books, but very few of them more than once. That book is an exception because it does such a great job of dealing with this very issue.

[PackerBoy]

I would like to think otherwise, but mob actions in riots -- even in recent years -- seem to support your prediction. I'd better get another gun.

[strela]

I'd better get another gun.

Get in line ;)

[knak]

I would want to know only to make sure my husband and son were with me when it happened. I would want to be able to tell them I loved them one last time.

[freedumb2003]

>>I'd want to know. Watch my credit card balances go through the roof. <<

That's only if ONLY YOU know. If not, it would be closer to the panic "When worlds collide."

Maybe we can somehow longitudinally monitor scientists' credit card balances?

[Mike Darancette]

That book is an exception because it does such a great job of dealing with this very issue.

I've always liked "Earth Abides" for dealing with out of the ashes issues.

[Hatteras]

Give me a two-minute warning. I want to go urinate on the bossman's desk.