If you KNEW for a fact the world was going to end, would you let the world know about it? [View all]

[charlie and algernon]

You always see it in these disaster movies. Scientist learns the world is going to suffer a cataclysmic event that will probably kill billions. However, someone always makes the argument to keep it a secret to "prevent chaos." I watched "Knowing" last night and Nicholas Cage learns the Earth is about to be roasted in a solar flare. He tells his fellow scientist that they have to let the world know and the scientist says "no, we can't."


So let's say you find incontrovertible proof that the world as we know it is about to end soon. Do you let the world know about it? I'm not talking about just the President and other government types, but John Q. Public.

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	Yes, absolutely. People have a right to know to go be with the ones they love or seek shelter.
	1 (25%)
	Yes, but I would wait till it was almost time so to avoid anarchy.
	0 (0%)
	I'd tell my family and friends, but that's it
	0 (0%)
	Fuck it, if chaos and anarchy reign, who cares, the world is about to end anyway.
	0 (0%)
	If the world leaders want to keep it a secret, I'd be fine with it.
	0 (0%)
	No, I want people to just live their lives and not know they were about to die.
	1 (25%)
	Hell, I already stand on the street corner with a "The End is Nigh" sign
	2 (50%)
	Requisite Other
	0 (0%)
	Robb is an apocolyptic dingbat
	0 (0%)
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