How the Doomsday Clock Could Help Trigger the Armageddon It Warns of – Scientific American

The crux of the problem is that the [doomsday] clock—or indeed any clock—is an exceedingly poor metaphor for the level of global threat. Its “time” is devoid of any real meaning. It was only initially set at seven minutes to midnight, because this “looked good to the eye” of the artist who drew it.Scientific American