What will the end of the world be like?
That's the big question on Wednesday morning's programme.
We'll be reporting how scientists will be conducting an experiment which hopes to reveal some secrets behind the Big Bang and the start of creation.
Some doom-mongers reckon it could all go wrong and lead to the End of the World. (The boffins say that won't happen).
Which conveniently means we have got time to consider just what the end of the world will be like when it does happen? Will Earth go out with a bang or a whimper? And when might that be?
Tune in early...in case none of us exists by 9am.
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You might think all these end of the world tongue in cheek jokes are really funny but spare a thought for kids listening. I remember being terrified I was never going to see my family again when I went to school
on the morning of the Cuban missile crisis and there just may be a few people out there today who actually believe there might be a seriously bad outcome to today's experiment. (I am not one of them!!)
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Well said Carrie. I too remember the dark atmosphere at school during the Cuban missile crisis. Sensationalism may make a good 'tabloid' story but let's have some responsible journalism from the BBC.
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It's difficult to know what is worse, the inability of the media to distinguish between quite large objects, like the planet Earth, the solar System and the Universe, or the virulent anti-science agenda pursued by the establishment.
It is manfiestly clear that hardly anyone at teh BBC understands the scientific method or the principles behind it, and more so that they are eager to parade this ignorance as a good thing. In such an environment is it any wonder that we have no maths teachers, few scientists and insufficient engineers?
As usual, it is impossible to have a science story without having some form of 'balance' from the religious lobby. We had the ridiculous question this morning from Campbell, 'what happened before the universe?' This question is meaningless. The correct question is to the religious, they should be able to tell us what happened in the first five minutes after the start of the universe. And then we can see if they were right, can't we?
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I too felt fear back when The USA and Soviet Union faced off over Cuban Missiles.
Truth is with hindsight I believe there was genuine reason to be fearful then. Possibly the raised fear levels had a part to play in there being a stand off and also had some catastrophe occurred, the fear level may have contributed to at least some survival.
What is needed is honesty not scaremongering or hype like has been talked about with the financial crisis, which although serious does not mean that many of us will die as a direct result!
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