Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 12 hours agoIt always makes news when the "Doomsday Clock" is moved by a second or minute. What would actually happen if it got to 00:00message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down12
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareIt always makes news when the "Doomsday Clock" is moved by a second or minute. What would actually happen if it got to 00:00Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 12 hours agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareredlemace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-211 hours agoNothing instantly. It’s more symbolic. It’s an indicator of how we are doing. Clock forward: worse, clock back: it got better. Some say it’s the point of no return and we’re fucked from that moment on, regardless what we do or stop doing. (It’s all explained in more detail here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock )
Nothing instantly. It’s more symbolic. It’s an indicator of how we are doing. Clock forward: worse, clock back: it got better.
Some say it’s the point of no return and we’re fucked from that moment on, regardless what we do or stop doing.
(It’s all explained in more detail here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock )