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Why the doomsday prediction of 1960 matters today

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By Mark Woolhouse
| Tolerance Canada
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Why the doomsday prediction of 1960 matters today

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By Mark Woolhouse
| Medical Xpress Verified
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain According to the late Heinz von Foerster, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, is doomsday. Professor von Foerster and two colleagues at the University of Illinois published that prediction in 1960 in the respected journal Science. The paper has been widely discussed ever since. Theirs was an unconventional vision of doomsday, brought about by the world's population growing ever faster. Eventually, there would be an infinite number of people—literally, according to the paper.
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Why the doomsday prediction of 1960 matters today

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By Mark Woolhouse
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Photobank-2/Shutterstock.com According to the late Heinz von Foerster, Friday, November 13 2026, is doomsday. Professor von Foerster and two colleagues at the University of Illinois published that prediction in 1960 in the respected journal Science. The paper has been widely discussed ever since. Theirs was an unconventional vision of doomsday, brought about by the world’s population growing ever faster. Eventually, there would be an infinite number of people – literally, according to the paper.
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