World War 3 is near

[ArnoldRimmer]

Faelco said:

ArnoldRimmer said:

That is strictly speaking correct - but on the other hand, there's a reason why the "doomsday clock" is maintained by the members of the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists": it was specifically invented to represent "an analogy for the threat of global nuclear war" (in Wikipedia's words). Indeed, since 2007 it may also reflect the danger of climate change, but the threat of a global nuclear WW3 has always been and will always be the main threat reflected by the doomsday clock.

"Main threat" doesn't mean only one. The doomsday clock also represents the point when we won't be able to do anything anymore about climate change, or ressource issues, or political issues...  A lot of factors are in critical conditions right now, so even if the war is the original factor you can't compare the actual doomsday time with the Cold War one. I understand what you're saying and it's maybe not wrong, but your methodology is wrong. 

I don't know why you're trying to disagree, my former post that you quoted sums it up perfectly: Until 2007, the "doomsday clock" was exclusively about the "threat of global nuclear war"; since 2007, the scientists may also mention other dangers, especially "climate change", but the true focus of the doomsday clock is, and will always be, the threat of a global nuclear war, because the doomsday clock is after all maintained by atomic scientists.

Just look at the reasons that they stated when advancing/rewinding the doomsday clock: It's always about the nuclear threat; since 2007, they also mention climate change issues.