This article was written in response to all the hype surrounding the ‘Doomsday Clock’s’ hands being moved closer to the symbolic Apocalypse of midnight by the directors of the “Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.”\u00a0 I chose to take a different stance on the BAS directors’ reasons for advancing the hands of time toward humanity’s destruction to one where we all need to change our perspective to more positive, enlightened thoughts; thus, reducing the need for such a clock to exist at all.<\/p>\n
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<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n The world supposedly ticked one minute closer to the Apocalypse this week as scientists moved the hands of the \u2018Doomsday Clock\u2019 to five minutes to midnight.<\/p>\n Citing heightened tensions between Iran and the West, the Fukushima meltdown, inaction on key issues such as climate change and renewed nuclear proliferation, scientists affiliated with the \u201cBulletin of Atomic Scientists\u201d (BAS) moved the \u2018Doomsday Clock\u2019 one minute closer to midnight (Apocalypse) on Tuesday as a warning that we have once again inched closer to possible obliteration.\u00a0 It was the first time in two years that the clock has been adjusted.\u00a0 In January 2010, the clock was moved back to six minutes before midnight amid hopes that world leaders appeared ready to act on nuclear weapons reduction and climate change.<\/p>\n The decision to move the clock closer to midnight was based on what the scientists say is a failure of world leaders and nations to meet goals set previously to stop global threats to humanity.\u00a0 \u201cTwo years ago, it appeared that world leaders might address the truly global threats that we face,\u201d the BAS directors said in a statement.\u00a0 \u201cIn many cases, that trend has not continued or been reversed.\u201d<\/p>\n