Apocalypse later

• Autores: Geraint F. Lewis
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3146, 2017, págs. 24-25
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Lewis talks about the relentless doomsday scare stories. Prophecies of doom aren't new. At the turning points of centuries or millennia, someone always comes out of the woodwork to claim that the end is nigh. Others predict the end of days based on how immoral and violent society has become, although recent decades have been relatively peaceful compared with most other historical periods. Numerological trickery is behind some of the most recent predictions. The media also has a part to play inaccurate and balanced portrayal of science