geek49203:
“My initial thought is that, once any apocalyptic hysteria is over, those who preached it are completely discredited when it doesn’t come to pass.”
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Hmm? Is that why serial apocalyptic nutter Paul Ehrlich has just become Paul Ehrlich FRS?
“And on our program today is Paul Ehrlich, who you may remember from such much-vaunted catastrophes as…” (sarc)
Some people can manage to fool most of the people most of the time, with different scenarios of doom over decades, and get away with it. How, I don’t know.