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ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 02:43 AM Apr 2017

Keeping an Eye on the Doomsday Clock

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: http://thebulletin.org/clock/2017

IT IS TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

For the last two years, the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock stayed set at three minutes before the hour, the closest it had been to midnight since the early 1980s. In its two most recent annual announcements on the Clock, the Science and Security Board warned: “The probability of global catastrophe is very high, and the actions needed to reduce the risks of disaster must be taken very soon.” In 2017, we find the danger to be even greater, the need for action more urgent. It is two and a half minutes to midnight, the Clock is ticking, global danger looms. Wise public officials should act immediately, guiding humanity away from the brink. If they do not, wise citizens must step forward and lead the way.

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The last two sentences need to be heeded RIGHT NOW!

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Keeping an Eye on the Doomsday Clock (Original Post) ProudLib72 Apr 2017 OP
I never understood why, knowing they did this after the election BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #1
They moved it forward in January... it feels even closer now. nt WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #2
Yes, it feels closer ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #4
the amazing part about that clock is, it will never be set to midnight... Javaman Apr 2017 #3

BumRushDaShow

(128,844 posts)
1. I never understood why, knowing they did this after the election
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 06:25 AM
Apr 2017

they didn't move it immediately to 1 minute to midnight given the violent, hateful, illogical, ignorant, and prevaricative rhetoric that spewed forth out of candidate Drumpf's piehole and that of his minions.

Everything that factors into "setting" that clock (supposedly including climate change) has been sent into overdrive by this administration. The fact that they didn't back it back more under Obama (and I say this considering the outsized "contribution" to the state of global affairs that the U.S. has) yet only moved a fraction forward for Drumpf, speaks volumes at how this organization has lost credibility.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
4. Yes, it feels closer
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 12:43 PM
Apr 2017

That's why I'm watching it. We are about to go to war with NK, and the clock should be moved again.

Javaman

(62,517 posts)
3. the amazing part about that clock is, it will never be set to midnight...
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 08:06 AM
Apr 2017

we won't be here to witness it.

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