Can Humanity Survive? Want to Bet on It?

January 30, 2007 | Source: New York Times

We will make it to 2100, a New York Times journalist bets on LongBets.org, challenging British astronomer royal Martin Rees’ prediction: “By 2020, bioterror or bioerror will lead to one million casualties in a single event” because “by 2020 there will be thousands — even millions — of people with the capability to cause a catastrophic biological disaster.”