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Which, given some of the close calls in the early 80s and the Cuban Missile Crisis, illustrates how absurd this whole thing has become.
by MrZongle2 10y ago
Which, given some of the close calls in the early 80s and the Cuban Missile Crisis, illustrates how absurd this whole thing has become.
- grzm 10y agoThe clock isn't updated instantly. The closest nuclear war threat, the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, reached crisis, climax, and resolution before the Clock could be set to reflect that possible doomsday. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock#Symbolic_timepiece_changes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock#Symbolic_timepi...