No, Nuclear War Will Not Cause the End of the World

While I personally believe there will be nuclear wars (something my father referred to when he turned up in my room on the night of his death, as well as his prediction I'd become Christian and "meet a pastor. (I'd) think he was great, but all he'll do is to discourage you even more!" which happened), I don't think they're going to cause the "end of the world". I also have a crank's opinion that God intends to drive us out into the universe.

We're already playing around in that scheme of events in a very small way, using rocketry, but getting more and more advanced all the time.

Out of the first six attempts to reach Mars from 1960 to 1964 (that long ago!) five failed - one was a launch failure, two failed to leave earth orbit, one lost contact in transit, one failed to reach Mars, and finally in 1964 there was a fly-by with imaging.

But we've gotten better at it and there have been several Mars robots scuttling around a small area of the planet, plus of course Voyagers 1 and 2 which have exited the solar system, and the Hubble and James Webb telescopes.

I think Mars will be the first place of serious interstellar settlement. It has a lot of water for a start, although the moon also has a fair amount. But it's gravity is much closer to that of earth at about 38% compared to about 16%.

I also think, my crank's opinion again, that eventually we'll learn to teleport although it will be risky.

As for God ending the universe, I think He will use the Higgs Boson, giving it enough of a push to put the universe into an unstable state. My crank's opinion again.

"More interesting to us as physicists is when you do this calculation using the standard physics we know about, it turns out we're right on the edge between a stable universe and an unstable universe," Lykken said. "We're sort of right on the edge where the universe can last for a long time, but eventually it should go 'boom.' There's no principle that we know of that would put us right on the edge."

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The universe adds up to nothing anyway, being a sum-zero energy universe.

Considering the amount of energy packed in the nucleus of a single uranium atom, or the energy that has been continuously radiating from the sun for billions of years, or the fact that there are 10^80 particles in the observable universe, it seems that the total energy in the universe must be an inconceivably vast quantity. But it's not; it's probably zero.

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The universe adds up to nothing anyway, being a sum-zero energy universe.

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I lifted this sentence from my post above.

On the business of the universe adding "up to nothing" I think Mother Julian of Norwich was shown this reality in visionary form way back on the 8th May 1373. She was also the first English female literary figure as far as I know. On the continent Hildegard of Bingen may have preempted her in literary prowess, but they are certainly pioneers in the field of Christian literature written by women.

It took the scientists another 600 years or so to work it out mathematically.


If the final sentence is correct, God sustains it all, and He can finish it all too.

Off topic but I mentioned Hildegard of Bingen in my post #3 above. She was an unusual lady with enormous talent and who kept herself very busy.


Amongst other things she was a music composer. Quoting the summary for the following YouTube link, this is one example of her medieval songs.

St. Stanislav Girls’ Choir of the Diocesan Classical Gymnasium is among the best European choirs led by charismatic conductor Helena Fojkar Zupančič.

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Back in the Dark Ages of course.