timtyler comments on This Failing Earth - Less Wrong

19 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 May 2009 04:09PM

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Comment author: timtyler 25 May 2009 06:10:22PM 3 points [-]

Or thereabouts anyway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock

Since these are scientists you might think that they would realise someday that the clock is wrong - but no - it's been about five minutes to midnight for over 50 years! Amazing! Just think how lucky that makes us! Or maybe not - maybe this has something to do with marketing their bulletin.