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They are an improbable group of superheroes. But some of Britain's greatest minds have got together to focus their powers on saving humanity from itself.
Led by the Astronomer Royal and Cambridge don Martin Rees, famous thinkers such as physicist Stephen Hawking and former Government chief scientist Robert May have formed a society to draw up a doomsday list of risks that could wipe out mankind.
From crippling cyber-attacks by terrorists using the internet to cause havoc, to the release of engineered diseases and killer computers, they warn the future is far from rosy.
This got me thinking. Interesting how Obama reaches for the military intervention card first, then settles for the diplomatic approach later. Then as soon as the dust settles he starts rattling the sabre at Iran.
The Middle East has nukes. The Middle East is unstable. There are sleeper cells the whole world over. Currently the doomsday clock is at 11:55. I think this is optimistic given the recent code brown events over Syria.
Anyone else think we're not far off some kind of extinction level event?
Enjoy your afternoon.
They are an improbable group of superheroes. But some of Britain's greatest minds have got together to focus their powers on saving humanity from itself.
Led by the Astronomer Royal and Cambridge don Martin Rees, famous thinkers such as physicist Stephen Hawking and former Government chief scientist Robert May have formed a society to draw up a doomsday list of risks that could wipe out mankind.
From crippling cyber-attacks by terrorists using the internet to cause havoc, to the release of engineered diseases and killer computers, they warn the future is far from rosy.
The Middle East has nukes. The Middle East is unstable. There are sleeper cells the whole world over. Currently the doomsday clock is at 11:55. I think this is optimistic given the recent code brown events over Syria.
Anyone else think we're not far off some kind of extinction level event?
Enjoy your afternoon.
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