05-04-2012, 11:14 AM
And by "nigh", I mean they think the world will end within their lifetime. Meanwhile, 1 in 10 think it will happen in 2012, due to the Mayan calendar myth. (remember the paranoia over Y2K?)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/0...XH20120501
I find this obsession with the apocalypse a bit surprising. Have things really gotten that bleak? Is it because we're experiencing a lot of natural calamities, coupled with the economic crisis. Has it ratcheted up world paranoia somehow?
Personally I don't think the world is going to end any time within our lifetimes (barring an unforeseen mega-asteroid collision or something). But perhaps you guys are more cynical than I
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/0...XH20120501
I find this obsession with the apocalypse a bit surprising. Have things really gotten that bleak? Is it because we're experiencing a lot of natural calamities, coupled with the economic crisis. Has it ratcheted up world paranoia somehow?
Personally I don't think the world is going to end any time within our lifetimes (barring an unforeseen mega-asteroid collision or something). But perhaps you guys are more cynical than I
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?