Sentences with phrase «apocalyptic predictions»

His book goes beyond the usual apocalyptic predictions of many publications grappling with the fin de siècle.

The Order of Things considers the shift in our relationship to the universe in light of recent apocalyptic predictions.

As one apocalyptic prediction after another failed to pan out, the tenor and direction of the criticism... stayed exactly the same.

Following his collaboration with Robinson, North built a web - based marketing empire built around apocalyptic predictions that the Y2K bug would make the dawn of the 21st century «the year the earth stands still.»

«High Tide for Hype on the OBX: Apocalyptic predictions miss the mark on North Carolina sea levels,» John Locke Foundation, September 26, 2012.

The records of Israel's wars, which we surveyed in chapter 3, are extensive; the prophetic and apocalyptic predictions of war are equally extensive.

Pope herself is the principal source of the major recent apocalyptic prediction made by climate scientists — ironically in a December article in the Guardian [sic], «Met Office warn of «catastrophic» rise in temperature»

Not only does the rhetoric of Crisis on Campus combine the sensibilities of a management consultant report with the urgency of a liberal - progressive manifesto tinged with futurist incantations, it is also an apocalyptic prediction of the consequences of ignoring his suggestions.

The conservative opposition found the passion of his condom advocacy not only thoroughly objectionable but medically unsound; his apocalyptic predictions regarding the spread of AIDS (by 1999, he claimed, one out of every four people around the globe would have the virus) became increasingly tedious and incrementally unbelievable.

One can not overemphasize the apocalyptic predictions of environmental futurists.

[3] One can not overemphasize the apocalyptic predictions of environmental futurists.

That does not mean the Mayans had an apocalyptic prediction of the world ending, just a calendar that would become obsolete and would need to be replaced.

Then Oladipo bolted through the door, becoming an All - NBA caliber talent out of nowhere and putting Indiana's apocalyptic predictions to rest.

«This survey shows that in contrast to the apocalyptic predictions of the doom and gloom merchants, the change in our licensing laws has not unleashed a free - for - all,» said BBPA chief executive Rob Hayward.

Given the zero percent historical success rate of apocalyptic predictions, coupled with the incrementally gradual development of AI over the decades, we have plenty of time to build in fail - safe systems to prevent any such AI apocalypse.

COPENHAGEN — A scientist known for his aggressive stance on climate policy made an apocalyptic prediction on Thursay.

But even if only half of their apocalyptic predictions had managed to be correct, there would have been only six correctly predicted apocalypses.

The alarmists» 12 apocalyptic predictions have proved uniformly wrong.

In that article, Bailey noted that around the time of the first Earth Day in 1970, and in the years following, there was a «torrent of apocalyptic predictions» and many of those predictions were featured in his Reason article.

Now, Lovelock has given a follow - up interview to the UK's Guardian newspaper in which he delivers more bombshells sure to anger the global green movement, which for years worshipped his Gaia theory and apocalyptic predictions that billions would die from man - made climate change by the end of this century.

Apocalyptic predictions that the world could warm by up to 6C by 2100 with devastating consequences for humanity and nature are effectively ruled out by the findings.

They argue that the current climate models are unreliable, and that the apocalyptic predictions of the models are completely unfounded.

skeptics point out the ridiculous nature of the apocalyptic predictions of climate and we are either ignored or we are told no one ever made them.

News headlines vie for attention and it is easy for scientists to grab this attention by linking climate change to the latest extreme weather event or apocalyptic prediction.

But you then, after publishing these apocalyptic predictions, you then retracted them.