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theCHIVE · Humanity · 5 min read
The End of the World, According to These Theories
A curious survey of the theories people have created to explain how everything might come to an end.
Melissa rounds up ideas about the end of the world, moving through science, speculation, and the human appetite for final chapters.
How the story ends
The article collects doomsday theories and places their very different assumptions side by side.
“Every ending theory reveals something about the people imagining it.”
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