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Opening Arguments

Tick, tick, tick

The Doomsday Clock keepers have moved the time ahead a minute to five minutes before midnight, the first time the clock has been reset since 2007:

In moving the clock ahead on Tuesday, the BAS cited the failure of world leaders to achieve significant progress on the reduction of nuclear weapons and in developing a comprehensive response to climate change. Just two years ago, following global talks on climate change in Copenhagen and international pledges to reduce nuclear stockpiles, the BAS moved the clock backward by a minute.

“Faced with clear and present dangers of nuclear proliferation and climate change, and the need to find sustainable and safe sources of energy, world leads are failing to change business as usual,” said Lawrence Krauss, co-chairman of the group's board of sponsors.

The clock never was anything but a gimmick, and now it's a tiresome and worn-out gimmick. At least when the scientists were just worrying about nuclear armageddon they had a little shred of credibility for their shrill warnings. The addition of other things such as "climate change" make it obvious this is more a political statement than a scientific. Even if you accept the dire consequences of climate change, it's not exactly going to sneak up on us while we're not paying attention.

And what a bunch of sour, gloomy pessimists. The furthest away from midnight they ever set the clock was 17 minutes. Seriously? We were never more than 17 minues away from midnight for humankind? And one year they set it at two minutes to midnight. You must remember that year when we almost all died. Yeah, me neither.

Comments

Bob G.
Wed, 01/11/2012 - 1:21pm

Leo:
I think they (also) need to adjust for "daylight saving time"...

;)

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