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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will not move the time on the infamous "Doomsday Clock" closer to midnight despite a hot war in Europe involving a nuclear power, raising questions about the practices of an institution several legacy media outlets refer to as scientific.
When asked by the Washington Free Beacon whether the clock would move forward after citing criteria the organization used in the past, such as armed conflict involving countries with nuclear weapons, a spokesman referred to a March 7 statement from the group saying the time would remain unchanged. Subsequent questions about the organization's methodology went unanswered.
The decision not to change the clock comes after Russian president Vladimir Putin put his nuclear arsenal on "high alert," and NATO mobilized its response force for the first time since its inception. In contrast, the clock moved three times toward midnight under former president Donald Trump, with the organization citing his failure to address, in addition to nuclear weapons, climate change and "fake news."
I didn’t know they still did this. I can’t see how it could possibly be unchanged with Putin’s threats. It also seems wrong to me that we are closer to the end of the world now than during the Cuban Missile Crisis? I don’t buy that either. We were literally on the brink of nuclear war then. I’m not a scientist, but maybe they should share their methodology and open it up to a little review.
I didn’t know they still did this. I can’t see how it could possibly be unchanged with Putin’s threats. It also seems wrong to me that we are closer to the end of the world now than during the Cuban Missile Crisis? I don’t buy that either. We were literally on the brink of nuclear war then. I’m not a scientist, but maybe they should share their methodology and open it up to a little review.
It just tells you who their real enemy is.
They trust Putin and nukes more than Trump and middle east peace deals.
The ACT of moving the clock can itself contribute to actually moving the events closer to doomsday. With Trump, they knew there was no risk, so it was safe to move it for fun or for political gain in the media.
The ACT of moving the clock can itself contribute to actually moving the events closer to doomsday. With Trump, they knew there was no risk, so it was safe to move it for fun or for political gain in the media.
I lost faith in the clock (in my younger days) when I saw that it can move backwards.
What's the point of calling it a clock if it moves forwards and backwards?
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Originally Posted by Joe the Photog
Nobody trusts Putin/
Apparently these scientists trust him.
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