[patientplatypus]

The situations in theses articles are just as likely to not happen as they are to come true.

Um, what? On what are you basing this likelihood on? These are scientists that study this for a living. This sounds like complete fabrication.

[selectstatement]

That doesn't mean that they can predict the future with high accuracy. They might have some chance slightly above random but there are way too many variables unconsidered.

All it takes is one asteroid to invalidate all the predictions. Or one war. Or one biological contagion. Or one technological innovation.

[Fjolsvith]

Then we should just lay down and die from the fear.