The symbolic clock created by scientists has a bleak outlook for humanity. Just like last year, the Doomsday Clock is set at two minutes from…
The symbolic clock created by scientists has a bleak outlook for humanity.
Just like last year, the Doomsday Clock is set at two minutes from midnight, NBC News is reporting. The clock was created by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1947, and symbolizes how close we are to a possible apocalypse due to humanity-related issues. Each year, the Bulletin meets with a board of sponsors that includes 14 Nobel Laureates to determine what the clock should be set at.
The clock was also at two minutes until midnight last year — which essentially means we are closer to Armageddon than ever since 1953 during the Cold War. Scientists are citing climate change, nuclear arms, and threats of cyber-attacks for the clock’s current reading.
“We are calling this the new abnormal, a disturbing reality in which things are not getting better,”said Robert Rosner, a theoretical physicist at the University of Chicago and chair of the Bulletin’s science and security board.
