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19th December 2012, 11:30 PM | #1 |
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How best to capitalize off of tomorrow's non-apocalypse?
I think we're all about to be handed a fantastic PR opportunity tomorrow. So assuming (with 99.9999% certainty) that no apocalypse whatsoever happens tomorrow, how do we, as skeptics, use this to promote critical thinking and the general skeptical/evidence-based worldview? If you feel we should.
I'm thinking of writing an article for Digg (or slate or whichever one of those sites it is) about why skepticism is important and why nothing happened, particularly how people love to publicize fantastical and frightening claims, but how predicting the future is insanely difficult, and for the Mayans or any ancient group to have done so is essentially impossible, including mentioning other doomsday predictions (like Y2K) and alarmist nonsense that went nowhere. |
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20th December 2012, 12:03 AM | #2 |
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You mean to tell me the apocalypse is happening tomorrow? ..Thats not fair!
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20th December 2012, 03:14 AM | #3 |
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It hardly gets a mention in Australia.
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20th December 2012, 09:24 AM | #4 |
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Off Of Tomorrow's Non-Apocalypse?
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20th December 2012, 09:50 AM | #5 |
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1. The vast majority of people do not take tomorrow's proposed apocalypse seriously.
2. Those that do are nuts and not likely to respond to promotions of critical thinking. |
20th December 2012, 09:51 AM | #6 |
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Well, the only thing that comes to mind is that one of my local radio stations is having a special 'End of the World' show on Friday where they will take requests all day long.
www.wklc.com Therefore, I will be listening to that station tomorrow. |
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20th December 2012, 10:04 AM | #7 |
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My son had a neat idea. He calculated that he has lived through 42 apocalypses so far. I thought it would be fun to set something up where you could put in your birthday and it would tell you how many apocalypses you have lived through. Is anyone really good at coding iphone apps? If so, send me a pm.. could be fun.
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20th December 2012, 10:16 AM | #8 |
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This is the third one, so we are now entering
The Post-post-postnonapocalyptic Era I suggest we call it The Post^3-nonapocalyptic Era for short. Wait, 42 apocalypses? The Post^42-nonapocalyptic Era ~~ Paul |
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20th December 2012, 11:15 AM | #9 |
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20th December 2012, 12:59 PM | #10 |
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20th December 2012, 01:10 PM | #11 |
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