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As NPR covers rather nicely in this article, all the rapture and apocalypse talk on the net and on roadside billboards stems from the predictions of Judgment Day enthusiast and evangelical radio broadcaster Harold Camping. He previously thought the Biblical end times would kick off back on Sept. 6, 1994. Instead, all that happened was that British pianist Nicky Hopkins died. In other words, the world moved on.

Also, according to this excellent Atlantic article, the 89-year-old Camping’s prediction actually said the end of the world would actually occur last night. That’s right. If it were going to happen, it would have happened at 11 p.m. PST on Friday, May 20. No rolling brownouts, earthquakes or anything remotely Book of Revelationy occurred.

Humans have been predicting the end of the world for as long as we’ve had a world to lose. Will it happen? Sure, just ask Stephen Hawking. The Earth won’t last forever. The universe won’t last forever. But it’s not ending today, so carry on with your plans.

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