The Famous “Doomsday Clock” is a Crock – It Includes Climate Change and “Disinformation” – IOTW Report

The Famous “Doomsday Clock” is a Crock – It Includes Climate Change and “Disinformation”

It’s the “DEMSday Clock.”

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The world is now a symbolic 90 seconds away from annihilation, the closest it has ever been. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set its famous Doomsday Clock on Tuesday, moving it up from 100 seconds away, where it has been the last two years, reports USA Today. The group cited the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the primary reason, and it issued its rationale not only in English, but in Russian and Ukrainian. By contrast, the clock once stood at 17 minutes to midnight, at the end of the Cold War.

“The war in Ukraine may enter a second horrifying year, with both sides convinced they can win,” says the group’s statement. It warned that Russia’s invasion “raised profound questions about how states interact, eroding norms of international conduct that underpin successful responses to a variety of global risks.” The group also worried about Vladimir Putin’s “thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons.” The clock first appeared in 1947, when it stood at 7 minutes to midnight. While initially focused on the threat of nuclear weapons, it has evolved to include threats from climate change, disinformation, and bioweapons, notes Axios

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6 Comments on The Famous “Doomsday Clock” is a Crock – It Includes Climate Change and “Disinformation”

  1. Atomic scientists originated the concept of atomic weapons, built them, and perfected them to be used to kill millions of people.

    So what does the organization of Atomic Scientists expect the rest of us to do about it?

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  2. Helpful hint

    Anytime you hear “disimformation” understand that the word is derived straight from the KGB term “desinformatsia” (дезинформатсья) That was being used by the KGB 40 years ago

    I’m not sure the Demshits even know this

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