The Story: The Doomsday Clock has given us an extra minute until total annihilation–But this clock doesn’t account for a couple other destruction factors:

The Search: Doomsday Clock

Scientists managing the doomsday clock gave mankind a whole lot of credit today by giving humanity a symbolic extra minute. The clock, which was been teetering on the midnight hour representing disaster since 1947, is now at 6 minutes to 12:00, indicating to the earth’s population that our efforts to curb climate change and quell the  prospect of a global nuclear massacre has steered us in the direction away from total destruction. While we respect what purveyors of the doomsday clock are trying to indicate, we think it’s a bit presumptuous to assume that we will cause our own demise on this planet. It could very well be that the universe has it’s own plans for us.

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The limited human perception that limits us from witnessing the cosmic demolition derby that is our solar system allows us to forget how quickly we could be wiped off the face of the earth, leaving the earth in tact. This happening will have nothing to do with our lifestyles or our treatment of the planet, nor will it take into account our feelings, hopes, and dreams, nor does it have concern for our belief in karma or the golden rule. It will simply remove us from the picture. Not nearly as grand as the option on the other end of the spectrum… (more…)