A Quick Heads-Up: "In 1960, scientists predicted the world would end on November 13, 2026"

From Popular Science, October 13:

And yes, doomsday falls on Friday the 13th. 

In exactly a month, on November 13, 2026, the world will end. Fittingly, our impending apocalypse falls on Friday the 13th. 

At least, that was the prediction made by University of Illinois physicist Heinz von Foerster in a highly cited Science paper published in 1960. Though talks of supposed doomsday have renewed in recent months thanks to hyperbolic anxieties over runaway, sentient artificial intelligence, von Foerster had a much different calamity in mind....

....MUCH MORE 

It's not going to happen the way he predicted, exponential growth of population but I do have the date circled on the calendar. Also,

It is an homage to a line the Wapo's Joel Aschenbach wrote in 2008 (i.e. pre-Bezos ownership):

"...When in doubt, go with the most hysterical headline.

(Rule one of blogging is that the End Of The World will be good for page views.)"

-World War Five

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