http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/30/doomsday-clock/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:37:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/30/doomsday-clock/#comment-4301 e pur si muove » Blog Archive » News from my blogroll Wed, 05 Oct 2005 01:44:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/30/doomsday-clock/#comment-4301 [...] Last week marked the 60th anniversary of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, whose one most famous contribution to popular culture is the Doomsday Clock. It’s nice to finally nail down the origins of this pop culture item. (Trivia packrats, take note!) « Cosmic Variance. The clock currently reads 11:53, right where it was in 1947 when it first appeared on the magazine cover. [...] […] Last week marked the 60th anniversary of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, whose one most famous contribution to popular culture is the Doomsday Clock. It’s nice to finally nail down the origins of this pop culture item. (Trivia packrats, take note!) « Cosmic Variance. The clock currently reads 11:53, right where it was in 1947 when it first appeared on the magazine cover. […]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/30/doomsday-clock/#comment-4300 spyder Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:19:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/09/30/doomsday-clock/#comment-4300 I suspect that the newly refurbished US nuclear use policy in conjunction with its pre-emptive strike security policy will move the hands again closer to midnight. I can only think the the Florida law that allows formerly good people to shoot whomever they are afraid of, will work our lives towards the human midnight as well. I suspect that the newly refurbished US nuclear use policy in conjunction with its pre-emptive strike security policy will move the hands again closer to midnight. I can only think the the Florida law that allows formerly good people to shoot whomever they are afraid of, will work our lives towards the human midnight as well.

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