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World War 3 could be overdue

26-Feb-2018

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Current period of “peace” may feel remarkable to us but isn’t unusual.

Computer scientist analysed 95 wars in the period 1823 to 2003.

Considered what the world was like before, during, and after a long period of conflict.

It’s been more than 70 years since the last major world war.

To be statistically significant it would need to persist for 100-140 years.

Predicts a civilization-ending conflict between 383 to 11,489 years from now.

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Aaron Clauset

Associate Professor at University of Colorado Boulder.

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