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EPISODE · Jan 25, 2023 · 21 MIN

90 Seconds to Midnight

from Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show · host Dave Bowman

Since 1947, the  Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have been telling us how much time we have as a  species by annual showing us a clock face with the hands approaching midnight.  This is used to symbolize the idea that we are almost about to doom ourselves  for a variety of reasons ranging from hydrogen bombs to Vladimir Putin. No... I  am not kidding. The thing is that  since 1947, they have been entirely and utterly... well... wrong. If I had been  100% wrong for more than half a century, I'd like to think that I'd start  wondering if I was doing this right? I told you a few  days back that every single elected official in this country has Classified  Documents in their offices, homes, etc. A thirteen hour search of the Presidents  home determined that there were even more documents from his time as VEEP, while  the last VEEP decided to jump into the game by outing himself as yet another  political figure that never cared about or followed any of the rules that you  would got to prison over.

Since 1947, the  Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have been telling us how much time we have as a  species by annual showing us a clock face with the hands approaching midnight.  This is used to symbolize the idea that we are almost about to doom ourselves  for a variety of reasons ranging from hydrogen bombs to Vladimir Putin. No... I  am not kidding. The thing is that  since 1947, they have been entirely and utterly... well... wrong. If I had been  100% wrong for more than half a century, I'd like to think that I'd start  wondering if I was doing this right? I told you a few  days back that every single elected official in this country has Classified  Documents in their offices, homes, etc. A thirteen hour search of the Presidents  home determined that there were even more documents from his time as VEEP, while  the last VEEP decided to jump into the game by outing himself as yet another  political figure that never cared about or followed any of the rules that you  would got to prison over.

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