Wrong Clock, Wrong Time
What we need is a “Terminable Stupidity” clock instead of the “Doomsday” clock trotted out by the scientific community.
A spokesman said: ‘Factors influencing the latest Doomsday Clock change include international negotiations on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, expansion of civilian nuclear power, the possibilities of nuclear terrorism, and climate change.’
If we look at the last item on this list, climate change, scientists should be rolling the clock back, not forward, based on mounting evidence that there is no evidence.
But if you really believe in AGW, civilian nuclear power represents one of the best solutions to the problem. A ready solution, of course, would take the problem out of the hands of theoretical scientists and turn it over to engineers. That would spell doomsday for grants that feed the families of scientists.
Meanwhile, we keep talking about the weather and pretending there is no real threat from terrorism - unless of course the terrorist get a nuclear bomb - the first of which was detonated by a group of theoretical scientist who weren’t entirely sure whether the reaction would be confined to the New Mexico desert as opposed to incinerating the whole planet. Talk about your global warming!
The scientists would presumably feel better if we get rid of the nuclear devices that they so graciously gave us in 1945 - “we” being the civilized world with democratic and accountable governments. As for failed states and terrorist organizations, “agreements” and kind words will have to suffice.
I tend to think Doomsday is not just around the corner, or at least it needn’t be if we can avoid giving scientists control over our economy and national security.
