Doomsday clock…another end to humanity?

It seems that over time and with the development and advancements made in science, it may not be too long before Science Fiction and Science Fact gradually become one and the same. In a follow up to our previous post of the impending Doomsday via a solar flame, another avenue to doomsday is also on the horizon.

Science Fiction movies, such as Terminator and the Matrix (to name but two), have predicted a day when computers evolve to a time when humans are simply an inconvenience to evolution. As abstract as this may seem, today we witness the dawn of living creatures being used to power a simple computer, visa vie the humans are batteries in the Matrix future.

On the way home from a thoroughly enjoyable trip to Scotland with an old college friend, the following incident happened. We were in good spirits and had time to spare. At airport security, the couple in front are a bit miffed.