Re:"Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)
by ketzu on Friday November 13, 2026 @09:02AM
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> even in 1960 some were thinking about that "there may be a fixed date of end of the world"
I think this can be taken 2 ways.
1) This is more an instance of "see clickbait was a thing in 1960"
2) There have always been and will always be people that believe that. See 2012 or a random person on the Las Vegas strip preaching it.
Re:"Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)
by patall on Friday November 13, 2026 @09:09AM
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You may not be wrong but the authors were just picking an example in the headline. In the analysis they calculate t0 as 2026.87 plus/minus 5.50 years.
Re:"Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)
by herculity275 on Friday November 13, 2026 @09:37AM
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Highly recommend "When We Cease to Understand the World" by Labatut, a lot of it concerns the different strains of apocalyptic thinking among the early 20th century scientists.
interesting, that even in 1960 some were thinking about that "there may be a fixed date of end of the world" - usually you would think those thoughts are exclusive to whatever religion, no: This 66 years ago, a time when there was already enough scientific breakthrough to reflect wisely on the idea of "a fixed end date for end of world"
:)