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Re:Doomsday Clock: It is *still* 2 minutes to midnight by kstenerud on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:54AM (#19571646)
That's because the calculation for the doomsday clock is purely subjective. Eventually they'll run out of minutes, subdividing more and more until the whole exercise becomes meaningless.
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Re:Doomsday Clock: It is *still* 2 minutes to midnight by beatgammit on Thursday April 04, 2019 @10:37AM (#19572793)
We are two picoseconds to midnight...

Honestly, I don't even know what the numbers are supposed to mean beyond smaller numbers are scarier, and there's no indication of what really goes in to changing that number. Yet it's mentioned quite a bit without any real justification.

Instead of that, how about a list of "clear and present dangers" with numbers based on real time where appropriate?

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