How many apocalypse predictions are there

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His predictions like the rise of Adolf Hitler, Second World War have already proven to be true in the past. And now, his readers are concerned that the year might turn out to be more dangerous and destructive than The book had an aura of credibility, since both authors were Cambridge-educated astrophysicists and Gribbin was an editor at the prestigious science magazine Nature.

Several scientists criticized The Jupiter Effect , saying its argument was based on a tissue-thin chain of suppositions. It was also a best-seller. At least during this apocalyptic scare, there was someone to blame: Over the decades, computer programmers had used two, rather than four digits, to represent years.

Some pundits defended the programmers, noting that their actions had been a logical way to conserve precious computer memory and save money. Others were less flattering. Still, panic over the Y2K Bug never quite reached the fever pitch that many anticipated. Billions of dollars were spent worldwide to fix the Y2K Bug, and debate still rages over how much of that spending was necessary.

Ever since the early s, the media has reported that the Large Hadron Collider LHC could potentially create a black hole that would swallow the Earth. The LHC—which was switched on in September —is 17 miles in circumference and buried feet beneath the Alps on the Swiss-French border. The collider has the capacity to smash together proton beams at velocities up to In doing so, it can simulate the conditions and energies that existed shortly after the start of the Big Bang—thereby providing insights into critical questions as to how our universe was formed.

Still, some skeptics worry that the high-energy collision of protons could create micro black holes. One reason this doomsday rumor persists is that quantum physicists have a tendency never to say never. And that explains why physicists with the possible exception of those who are dragon-phobic are not terribly worried. Meanwhile, technical difficulties prompted the LHC to be shut down after just nine days.

Operations are scheduled to slowly resume in late and early