Alex Wellerstein on Twitter

@wellerstein

Historian of science, secrecy, and nuclear weapons. Professor of STS at @FollowStevens. UC Berkeley alum with a Harvard PhD. NUKEMAP creator. Coder and web dev.

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Anyone taking bets on the Doomsday Clock this year? At only 2.5 minutes to midnight they don't have a lot of wiggle room to move forward! I am torn between guessing 30 seconds or a full minute forward. My guess is 30 seconds — gotta leave some room to get worse.pic.twitter.com/M1DPg87kH7

12:31 PM - 17 Jan 2018

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1. Jordan Carlson‏ @jordantcarlson 17 Jan 2018
  
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  If it moves forward to two minutes, the official anthem of 2018 is gonna be a 34 year old Iron Maiden song.
  
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1. D. Brett Richardson Ⓥ‏ @BerkeleyBrett 17 Jan 2018
  
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  Nanoseconds, here we come!
  
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1. Alexandra Levy‏ @AlexandraFL21 17 Jan 2018
  
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  My guess is they set it at 1 minute to midnight. Scary times. But we shall see...
  
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1. Stepwolf‏ @distantwolf 17 Jan 2018
  
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  Maybe they could add Daylight Savings Time then bring it forward a full hour?
  
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1. Michael Letterle‏ @mletterle 17 Jan 2018
  
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  Such a bright ray of sunshine in my timeline.... >.> >.<
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1. Jennifer Eager‏ @JennyImpatient 17 Jan 2018
  
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  I'm putting $90 on them putting it at 90 seconds to midnight
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1. Azor‏ @AzorInfo 17 Jan 2018
  
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  The Doomsday Clock is so silly. Not only did it miss various close calls, but it then started to incorporate climate change, etc.
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1. Storax Bobac‏ @StoraxBobac 17 Jan 2018
  
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  Just push it to midnight and get it over with.
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1. nikkle pikkle‏ @NPikkle 17 Jan 2018
  
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  The doomsday clock can kiss my ass
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1. belok‏ @belok 17 Jan 2018
  
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  I agree with 30 seconds. A full minute would be a VERY dramatic statement. Still, some current indicators might suggest a larger jump.
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1. bB‏ @bbccdde 18 Jan 2018
  
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  I‘d say: rather than setting the clock only once per year, consider setting it once per month for now. Or once per tweet of certain people even.
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