The Doomsday Clock Is Reset: Closest To Midnight Since The 1950s

[Faygo Kid]

Source: NPR

The minute hand on the Doomsday Clock ticked closer to midnight Thursday, as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said it's seeing an increase in dangers to humanity, from climate change to nuclear warfare. The group took the "unprecedented" step of moving the clock 30 seconds closer to midnight, to leave it at 2 1/2 minutes away.

The setting is the closest the clock has come to midnight since 1953, when scientists moved it to two minutes from midnight after seeing both the U.S. and the Soviet Union test hydrogen bombs. It remained at that mark until 1960.

"Make no mistake, this has been a difficult year," Rachel Bronson, executive director and publisher of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, said as the new setting was announced Thursday. . .

Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/26/511592700/the-doomsday-clock-is-now-30-seconds-closer-to-midnight

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Might be a modest change, considering what's coming.

[gordianot]

1. Science and Scientist are the natural enemy of the irrational.

Science provided the tools to avoid despotism but not the wisdom to control using them. This has been going on since our Paleolithic ancestors learned about fire.

[killbotfactory]

2. A nuclear holocaust is on the table.

With president wildcard, we just can't be certain.

[TomJulie]

3. I Ain't Buying None Of That Doomsday Clock Stuff...

I've always believed the biggest danger we face is a terrorist group getting a few nukes and detonate them in our largest cities.