Brain Cox - The biggest threat to civilisation is CUK

[BrilloPad]

'The biggest threat to civilisation is CUK': Brian Cox warns

[stek]

Dyslexia Rules KO....

[VectraMan]

He was always my favourite Hannibal Lecter.

Not sure why that gives him any kind of authority to talk about food supplies.

[CheeseSlice]

His real words in the article are:
"The biggest threat to civilisation is human stupidity"

i.e.

[OwlHoot]

'The biggest threat to civilisation is CUK': Brian Cox warns

Sigh - Obviously the guy has some new book to plug, and has been told that doom-laden pronouncements are the best publicity.

What gets me is the arrogance of people who assume that the survival of our descendents depends on our ability to sort out every problem in a matter of a few years - In a century or two at the present rate of progress, climate change and stray asteroids (except possibly deliberately displaced ones!) will be the least of their problems.

I'd concede it's a shame about all the species becoming extinct, although even there all we need do is make sure enough of their DNA is preserved for our descendents to be able to recreate them whenever convenient.