Post by Andrei Tchentchik on Feb 5, 2019 11:57:04 GMT 2
(.#B.001).- The clock of the apocalypse remains at midnight minus 2.
The clock of the apocalypse remains at midnight minus 2.
January 25, 2019
WASHINGTON (AFP) The clock of the apocalypse, which symbolizes the imminence of a global cataclysm, remains at midnight minus 2, notably because of the use of information as a weapon to weaken democracies in the world , said yesterday the American scientists who adjust it every year.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' clock hand is as close to midnight as in 1953, when the United States and the Soviet Union were testing the hydrogen bomb. It has not moved since last year, but "it should not be taken as a sign of stability," said Rachel Bronson, the director of this organization that brings together experts on issues of security, nuclear weapons and environment.
This tool was created during the Cold War to warn about the risks of the end of the world, which occurs symbolically at midnight.
With the risk of nuclear war, the acceleration of climate change and the proliferation of fake news as a weapon of destabilization, "we have actually entered a period we call the new abnormal," she added.
F I N .
The clock of the apocalypse remains at midnight minus 2.
January 25, 2019
WASHINGTON (AFP) The clock of the apocalypse, which symbolizes the imminence of a global cataclysm, remains at midnight minus 2, notably because of the use of information as a weapon to weaken democracies in the world , said yesterday the American scientists who adjust it every year.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' clock hand is as close to midnight as in 1953, when the United States and the Soviet Union were testing the hydrogen bomb. It has not moved since last year, but "it should not be taken as a sign of stability," said Rachel Bronson, the director of this organization that brings together experts on issues of security, nuclear weapons and environment.
This tool was created during the Cold War to warn about the risks of the end of the world, which occurs symbolically at midnight.
With the risk of nuclear war, the acceleration of climate change and the proliferation of fake news as a weapon of destabilization, "we have actually entered a period we call the new abnormal," she added.
F I N .
