re: "astronomer Sir Martin Rees calculates that civilization has only a 50-50 chance of making it to the 22nd century"

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Sarandon — 9/12/2004 4:55:23 PM (archived)

Re: Rees

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>The 62-year-old University of Cambridge astrophysicist and cosmologist feels so strongly
>about his grim prognostication that last year he published a popular book about it called Our
>Final Hour.
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With all due respect, Ms. Wakefield, shouldnâ€™t that read: "Sir Martin is so determined to feather his post-retirement nest that he's resorted to stark 'woo-woo-ismâ€™ to the end of garnering publicity"? (Wan Smile) --- Somehow I jus' knew there was a publication in 'there' somewhere! - Guess ya better paint _me_ psychic :)

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Dan Sarandon

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"astronomer Sir Martin Rees calculates that civilization has only a 50-50 chance of making it to the 22nd century" - Bowser - 9/12/2004 1:39:35 PM
- more accurately: he himself has a 0-100 chance of making it to the 22nd century (n/t) - Daniel - 9/13/2004 6:17:39 AM
  - (those kinds of predictions are about as useful as the Drake Equation: totally meaningless, as we can't really understand the variables, let alone quantify them (n/t) - Daniel - 9/13/2004 6:30:38 AM
- re: "astronomer Sir Martin Rees calculates that civilization has only a 50-50 chance of making it to the 22nd century" - Sarandon - 9/12/2004 4:55:23 PM

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