I am surprised that Strangelets are not on the list. Anything that can turn the earth into a strange ball of goo (theory unproven) can not be a good thing. Keeps me up at night.

I can see why!

Yea, I thought the article was weirddddd. First, some of those things I am pretty sure no one worried about. Secondly, what in the world qualified the author to decide those are the things not to worry about? It felt soooooooo random.

I’m thinking he might have received a gift from the national institute of plastics or some such group.

I was going to ask CK what the name of that sort of logic is. I think it’s sort of the “red herring” strategy where you throw out a few things that are really absurd to worry about (the red herrings) and then draw the conclusion that everything in the list must be equally absurd.

And for neurotics like yours truly, I suppose you’re screwed no matter what.

I think Matt stays awake thinking of this — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo — which dovetails nicely into my childhood ecological collapse/nuclear annihilation fears. No wonder I listen to The Smiths.