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The legendary scientist Sir Isaac Newton once predicted the exact year the world would end.
His chilling prediction the world would no longer exist in 2060 has left many people on edge ever since. Throughout history, there have been many doomsday prophecies, ranging from St John the Divine in the first Century AD to mysterious "time travellers" popping up on TikTok. Yet when such a forecast originates from the founding father of modern science, it might be wise to pay attention.
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Newton, whose revolutionary breakthroughs in physics and mathematics changed our understanding of the universe, calculated that civilization as we understand it will come to an end in 2060.
When he documented his intricate calculations back in 1704, this timeline likely appeared distant. But now, it's just 34 years ahead, suggesting many of us might actually be alive when that fateful date rolls around.
Recent surveys show that roughly one in seven individuals expect to see the apocalypse during their lifetime.
Newton determined his precise doomsday date through careful examination of the Bible and various religious scriptures, forecasting that our present world would be succeeded by an actual "Kingdom of Heaven" on Earth.
He maintained the conviction that Christ would make his return during the mid-21st Century, presiding over a thousand-year reign, throughout which the Jewish people would create "a flourishing and everlasting Kingdom" in Israel.
In the archaic English of his era, Newton wrote: "So then the time times and half a time are 42 months or 1260 days or three years and an half, recconing twelve months to a yeare and 30 days to a month as was done in the Calendar of the primitive year.
"And the days of short lived Beasts being put for the years of lived kingdoms, the period of 1260 days, if dated from the complete conquest of the three kings A.C. 800, will end A.C. 2060.
"It may end later," Newton observed, "but I see no reason for its ending sooner".
Newton scholar Stephen D Snobelen disclosed that although academics have long known about Newton's forecast, it's only lately entered public consciousness.
"For many, the revelation that Newton was a passionate believer who took biblical prophecy seriously came as something of a shock," he wrote.
Snobelen also pointed out that researchers still issue apocalyptic warnings: "Curiously a couple months after the 2060 story broke, Sir Martin Reese, one of today's leading scientists, published a book entitled Our Final Hour ( titled Our Final Century in the UK) in which he argues that the human race has only a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the 21st century".
With headlines dominated by fears of WW3 and emerging pandemics keeping experts up at night, it's easy to imagine humanity teetering on the edge of catastrophe. If one of Britain's most brilliant thinkers is to be believed, we've got roughly 30 years remaining, so we might as well make the most of them.
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