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Nesa Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

What does this quote mean?

Hi,

What does this quote by Martin Rees mean?

I think that the odds are no better than 50-50 that our present
civilisation on earth will survive to the end of the century.

Regards,
Nesa
  

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It means he thinks there's a 50% chance or worse that civilisation (as we know it) will collapse before 2100. ) d

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  • It means he thinks there's a 50% chance or worse that civilisation (as we know it) will collapse before 2100.
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It means he thinks there's a 50% chance or worse that civilisation (as we know it) will collapse before 2100.

(He's likely right; I'd put the odds nearer 100% and by 2050 or earlier.)

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Martin Reeves believes that there is a 50% or less chance (like correctly calling heads or tails on a coin toss) that human civilizations on earth will be gone by 2100.
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I'm confident that's round the wrong way Emotion: smile

"I think that the odds are no better than 50-50
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