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by ataturk 3068 days ago
Does it ever move back? I mean, I've read this same article a half dozen times over the past 20 years or so and I keep wondering what kind of clock it is that is perpetually 5 mins. to midnight but can move two minutes forward all the time and yet NEVER REACH FREAKING MIDNIGHT?
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JasonFruit 3068 days ago
It's Zeno's doomsday clock. (It doesn't make the news when they move it back, because it's harder to take political advantage of baseless reassurance than baseless fear.)
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aerotwelve 3068 days ago
Yes, the clock has been moved back several times.

There's a nice graph on Wikipedia that provides a nice overview that is worth taking a look at:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock#/media/File%3...

[edit: usage/grammar]

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