Re:"Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)
by IAmGraydon on Friday November 13, 2026 @08:59AM
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The fact that they arrived at a Friday the 13th as doomsday tells me there was likely some bias and possibly magical thinking in there, like the universe is somehow poetic.
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Re:"Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)
by pmontra on Friday November 13, 2026 @11:02AM
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You are correct but there is probably a very simple explanation: the author of the paper was born on a Friday 13. Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_von_Foerster So a pun.