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[jufonuk]

editlease can the mods change the title to be Get a possible time update, or something?


Live bulletin stream: seems busy ATM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35412454

The clock accounts for the threat of nuclear weapons, climate change and new technologies.
The clock is currently set at three-minutes-to-midnight.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...lock-live-stream-When-will-the-world-end.html

Nuclear weapons, climate change, the changing energy landscape, and emerging technologies in the life sciences are all threats to humanity, the Doomsday scientists believe.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...oser-to-oblivion-latest-updates-a6835031.html

Some of the world's most eminent scientists are about to announce whether the world is closer to oblivion than it ever was before.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – a group of leading thinkers convened after the creation of the nuclear bomb – is set to announce whether it will reset the "Doomsday Clock". That clock is a way of showing just how at risk humanity is of apocalypse from nuclear warfare, climate change or a range of other threats.

Time to pack it up? have we had a good run?

I personally thought we were in a better place in regards to Nuclear annihilation, then we ever where, maybe it is climate change that will screw us up?, either way if this announcement can galvanize us into getting our shit together and sorting it out, I am for this.

UPDATE:

Clock remains at 3 minutes to midnight. "A dismay", apparently.

- Positive change: Iran nuclear deal, Paris agreement

- Negative changes: US-Russian tensions, North Korea, other nuke-related developments, "lack of progress" on climate change mitigation.

I personally think they're downplaying Paris, it's way too early to assess its impact yet. I don't think they took the same extremely skeptical attitude towards SALT so that's a bit unfair.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Save us, Ozymandias!

 

[wingedarcher7]

It's like we're back in 2012.

 

[thefro]

I'm thinking it moves back one between the Paris Climate Change deal and the Iran nuclear deal.

 

[A Serious Man]

Climate change? Nuclear war? Rampant AI erasing humanity?

No.

Spoiler

Trump.

 

[RyanardoDaVinci]

At least we'll have a kick-ass theme song when it hits two minutes to midnight.

 

[Lionheart1827]

At least we'll have a kick-ass theme song when it hits two minutes to midnight.

Damnit I was just gonna post this!

 

[shaowebb]

At least we'll have a kick-ass theme song when it hits two minutes to midnight.

Beaten...

 

[triplestation]

Final countdown >>>> whatever that ^ is

 

[cirrhosis]

they should push it to midnight already and see what happens

 

[Grenchel]

The music before the stream lol Maybe it's good news?

 

[jufonuk]

they should push it to midnight already and see what happens

probably nothing,

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Not even Science can predict humanity with their feeble attempts of having a 'doomsday' clock. Nothing but a charade for the papers.

 

[gutter_trash]

Roland Emmerich is itching to make a new doomsday disaster movie

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

I got a feeling we're gonna hit midnight shortly after Trump's inauguration...

 

[Boem]

I have to say, they're playing pretty funky music on that stream, considering they're going to announce the end of the world.

 

[jufonuk]

I got the stream working, yeah, it's a bit odd has some jazz music and powerpoint style clipart/screen grabs.

wth????

this feels like something Douglas Adams would concoct to announce imminent Armageddon.

Dr Strangelove screen cap??

 

[Sky Chief]

Truthfact, every day that passes means we're closer to doomsday

 

[Walter White Walker]

Boy, I bet these scientists are fun at parties.

 

[Boem]

I got the stream working, yeah, it's a bit odd has some jazz music and powerpoint style clipart/screen grabs.

wth????

this feels like something Douglas Adams would concoct to announce imminent Armageddon.

Dr Strangelove screen cap??

Yeah, they also had screencaps of 1980s Doctor Who, Watchmen and Simpsons in there, among other weird stuff. Would be hilarious if it's really going to be incredibly bad news.

This music is how I want to face the end though, whenever it comes. Just put up some jazz, drink some red wine, and watch it all burn.

 

[Starfield]

Well wouldn't surprise me at all that we can expect a WW3 in a few years, I'll give it 5 to get scary, 10 to get dead serious and 20 to be full on crisis.

 

[Nivash]

I'm thinking it moves back one between the Paris Climate Change deal and the Iran nuclear deal.

It should, really. If it doesn't I don't know how they're calibrating the clock these days - back when it was a purely atomic clock (pun intended), all of the deals and disarmament treaties had a positive effect.

Looks like the last reset was in 2015 too which would make this the first time since 1991 that we have resets just a year apart. I'm assuming that has to do with recent events and if that's the case, the climate deal should play a big part. I mean sure, we had the recent North Korean nuke test, but NK isn't exactly a big player.

Well wouldn't surprise me at all that we can expect a WW3 in a few years, I'll give it 5 to get scary, 10 to get dead serious and 20 to be full on crisis.

WW3 isn't impossible but while I wouldn't be surprised either, it's still a highly unlikely event. It can only really happen if everything that can go wrong does so in some future flashpoint. If it does happen my money is on the Baltics.

 

[King Tubby]

Can't someone just pay them off to set the clock back a few minutes? Problem solved. Stop terrorizing us with this.

 

[jufonuk]

Music sounds like a Sega/Mega CD level now. shit we've gone back to 1993.

we're all gonna die...

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Oh no!

 

[Melon Husk]

The end is nigh-er than it's ever been since 1984, right... I guess they're out of donations again.

Edit: Stream is up.

 

[Verendus]

I wish I could fly.

 

[Starfield]

It remains at 3 mins

bleh

 

[jufonuk]

The clock remains 3 Minutes to Midnight..

Maybe next year the go out there playing Ride of the Valkyries, ominous music, meaning we are all safe.

 

[Nivash]

Clock remains at 3 minutes to midnight. "A dismay", apparently.

- Positive change: Iran nuclear deal, Paris agreement

- Negative changes: US-Russian tensions, North Korea, other nuke-related developments, "lack of progress" on climate change mitigation.

I personally think they're downplaying Paris, it's way too early to assess its impact yet. I don't think they took the same extremely skeptical attitude towards SALT so that's a bit unfair.