{"id":26042,"date":"2025-09-05T23:29:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=26042"},"modified":"2025-09-05T23:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:29:24","slug":"cambridge-scientist-reveals-why-he-claims-the-world-will-end-in-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=26042","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge scientist reveals why he claims the world will end in 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article-header_header__gD613\">\n<div class=\"article-header_meta__N4zeN\">\n<h2 class=\"summary_summary__q_VAA\">Luke Kemp believes &#8216;self-terminating&#8217; could see Earth reduced to ash by 2050 &#8211; with the chances increasing by 20 percent each decade<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-header_metaWrapper__P4a1g\">\n<div class=\"article-header_shareLink__FtU9x\">\n<div class=\"share-link_container__q9th7\">\n<div class=\"share-link_desktopTabletShareArrowWrapper__Gchyi\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"share live post\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"content-template_body__RWRhb\">\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>The end is nigh&#8230; 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which makes Cambridge\u00a0scientist\u00a0Luke Kemp&#8217;s claims that the\u00a0world\u00a0could end in 25 years all the more terrifying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The research affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the\u00a0University of Cambridge, has dedicated his life to furthering his\u00a0knowledge of the destruction\u00a0of past civilizations and noting what could transpire for the internet-surfing, cellphone-carrying apes of today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Speaking on\u00a0<em>The Great Simplification<\/em>\u00a0podcast\u00a0with host Nate Hagens, the\u00a0Indiana-born Kemp described what could see the noted: &#8220;It is tragic that essentially no US election has been decided by the candidate&#8217;s policy on nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\">\n<div class=\"resizable-image_wrapper__LRQlr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU resizable-image_lowRes__5OkaL resizable-image_fadeOut___ZcLy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd9f8b458a4a1d9da\/68ac75c7255ec6cd581fe192\/end-of-world-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 33vw, (max-width: 768px) 50vw, (max-width: 1024px) 50vw, 33vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=256&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd9f8b458a4a1d9da\/68ac75c7255ec6cd581fe192\/end-of-world-1.jpg 256w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=384&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd9f8b458a4a1d9da\/68ac75c7255ec6cd581fe192\/end-of-world-1.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd9f8b458a4a1d9da\/68ac75c7255ec6cd581fe192\/end-of-world-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd9f8b458a4a1d9da\/68ac75c7255ec6cd581fe192\/end-of-world-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd9f8b458a4a1d9da\/68ac75c7255ec6cd581fe192\/end-of-world-1.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd9f8b458a4a1d9da\/68ac75c7255ec6cd581fe192\/end-of-world-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd9f8b458a4a1d9da\/68ac75c7255ec6cd581fe192\/end-of-world-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd9f8b458a4a1d9da\/68ac75c7255ec6cd581fe192\/end-of-world-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd9f8b458a4a1d9da\/68ac75c7255ec6cd581fe192\/end-of-world-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltd9f8b458a4a1d9da\/68ac75c7255ec6cd581fe192\/end-of-world-1.jpg 3840w\" alt=\"The world could end by as early as 2050, a Cambridge scientist claims (Getty stock)\" width=\"467\" height=\"246\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">The world could end by as early as 2050, a Cambridge scientist claims (Getty stock)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;The most devastating thing that can ever be done is the US launching a nuclear strike, and yet that can be decided by a single person &#8211; the president. And yet that never factors into elections whatsoever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Yes, it&#8217;s terrifying to think\u00a0President Donald Trump\u00a0has the power to reduce\u00a0Earth\u00a0to a radioactive wasteland&#8230; but that&#8217;s not the reason why Kemp believes the world may end in 2050.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In his\u00a0book, titled\u00a0<em>Goliath\u2019s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse<\/em>, Kemp claims that every civilization that has stood before us has ultimately fallen due to what he describes as &#8216;self-terminating&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Explaining this to the Guardian, he said: &#8220;As elites extract more wealth from the people and the land, they make societies more fragile, leading to infighting, corruption, immiseration of the masses, less\u00a0healthy people, overexpansion, environmental degradation and poor decision making by a small oligarchy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\">\n<div class=\"resizable-image_wrapper__LRQlr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU resizable-image_lowRes__5OkaL resizable-image_fadeOut___ZcLy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc0ca297e22634c18\/68ac75d72e4b57abd7ab12fe\/end-of-world-2.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 33vw, (max-width: 768px) 50vw, (max-width: 1024px) 50vw, 33vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=256&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc0ca297e22634c18\/68ac75d72e4b57abd7ab12fe\/end-of-world-2.jpg 256w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=384&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc0ca297e22634c18\/68ac75d72e4b57abd7ab12fe\/end-of-world-2.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc0ca297e22634c18\/68ac75d72e4b57abd7ab12fe\/end-of-world-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc0ca297e22634c18\/68ac75d72e4b57abd7ab12fe\/end-of-world-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc0ca297e22634c18\/68ac75d72e4b57abd7ab12fe\/end-of-world-2.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc0ca297e22634c18\/68ac75d72e4b57abd7ab12fe\/end-of-world-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc0ca297e22634c18\/68ac75d72e4b57abd7ab12fe\/end-of-world-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc0ca297e22634c18\/68ac75d72e4b57abd7ab12fe\/end-of-world-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc0ca297e22634c18\/68ac75d72e4b57abd7ab12fe\/end-of-world-2.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc0ca297e22634c18\/68ac75d72e4b57abd7ab12fe\/end-of-world-2.jpg 3840w\" alt=\"'Self-terminating' could see Earth reduced to ash (Getty stock)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">&#8216;Self-terminating&#8217; could see Earth reduced to ash (Getty stock)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;The hollowed-out shell of a society is eventually cracked asunder by shocks such as disease, war or climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">But what could cause everything to dramatically come to an end by 2050, Kemp references the Carrington Event of 1859 &#8211; which saw the sun produce gigantic electromagnetic solar flares. If that were to happen today, it is thought it would destroy our electrical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">That&#8217;s everything from computers to banking, the internet and more &#8211; as satellites would cease to work, creating chaos on Earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The likelihood of that happening rises by 20.3 percent every 10 years &#8211; and in 2050 the chances of it happening are at 50 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;An entire industry of reinforced, luxury bunker-manors with pools, wine vaults, artificial gardens for sunbathing in simulated sunlight, and underground hydroponic farms, from Texas to the Czech Republic,&#8221; Kemp writes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Later adding: &#8220;In one case, with a dozen ex-Navy special forces SEALs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Kemp believes &#8216;self-terminating&#8217; could see Earth reduced to ash by 2050 &#8211; with the chances increasing by 20 percent each decade The end is nigh&#8230; or so mankind has been told for centuries, be it from Nostradamus, Isaac Newton or whoever else. 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