The Doomsday Clock is just a pointless publicity stunt. 1440 minutes on a clock, and yet it has never been more than 17 minutes from midnight. It was farther

The Doomsday Clock is just a pointless publicity stunt. 1440 minutes on a clock, and yet it has never been more than 17 minutes from midnight. It was farther from midnight in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis than in 2007. "Putting humanity on a permanent, blanket high-alert isn't helpful when it comes to policy or science." -Alex Barasch