Summary
The “Doomsday Clock” has been moved to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
The group cited threats including climate change, nuclear proliferation, the war in Ukraine, pandemics, and the integration of AI into military operations.
Concerns about cooperation between Russia, China, and North Korea on nuclear programs and the potential use of nuclear weapons by Russia were highlighted.
The group urged global leaders to collaborate in addressing existential threats to reverse the clock’s progression.
I’m just waiting for 1am. In 1983 russia almost atomic bombed the united states with an all out assault. Every atomic bomb they had in retaliation for the USA already firing 4 atomic rockets at them.
The firing orders needed 3 men to agree to the retaliation bombing. The first two men turned their key. The third man refused. His logic was “Why would the united states fire 4 rockets, and only 4 rockets in a surprise atomic bombing against a land as big as russia, KNOWING it would trigger an all out atomic assault? If you’re getting the element of surprise, you use it to decimate any retaliation ability we may have. Kill us before we can fire back. This is a false alarm!”
And he was right. The 4 atomic bombs they were following on radar turned out to be clouds. Without that third man, russia would have unprovoked fired every nuke at the USA they had. Ensuring an atomic war that likely ends all life on earth.
In the 90s when I found out about that, I said “Whew! That would have happened just before I was born! Luckily there was the 3rd man.”
Now with how the world has turned out, that 3rd man is now the villain of the story.
So now I’m just waiting for 1am on the doomsday clock. C’mon big giant astroid thats ends it all! Humans had their chance, and they fumbled the ball like the cleveland browns.
Stanislav Petrov, the man that saved the world from annihilation.
If it weren’t for Stanislav Petrov, Donald Trump would never have been president get him!
Boo him! Boo that man!
come on, he’s a hero! imagine a world post nuclear war… can’t be better than what we have now
Well, see, what I’m imagining is that there IS no world post war. And that’s better.
you dun lost yer mind!
…now see, that’s unfair. I want to do something fun with your name, as a fun little back and forth ping pong exchange. But if I did that, it would be like I’m inciting violence… plus it would leave a hand mark on your butt.
Why are Lemmy users so scared to incite violence? Come on, this platform is supposed to be full of communist revolutionaries!
Sorry, why is that 3rd man the villain of the story, and what do you mean humans fumbled the ball?