Scientists predicted doomsday for November 13, 2026. Should we be worried?
In 1960, Science , one of the world’s leading science journals, published an article with an unambiguous title: Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 . It predicted that on this future date — less than a month from today — the human population would approach infinity and effectively annihilate itself.
The outlandishness of the claim landed the article widespread public attention . More surprisingly — because its underlying research and math seemed sound — it also received careful and sustained scientific attention.
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