🚨 THE WORLD IS ENDING ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2026! Well… according to a scientific prediction published back in 1960.
Yes, actual scientists calculated a mathematical DOOMSDAY date, and that date is almost here!
On November 4, 1960, researchers Heinz von Foerster, Patricia Mora, and Lawrence Amiot published a scientific paper with one of the most alarming titles imaginable:
"Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026."
And they weren't writing science fiction. Their research appeared in the respected scientific journal Science!
So what exactly did these scientists calculate? Why did their mathematical formula point to Friday the 13th in November 2026? And should we cancel our weekend plans, stockpile canned beans, and start saying our goodbyes?
Well, before you start building a backyard bunker, there's something important you should know.
The prediction involved human population growth, an increasingly unsustainable mathematical trend, and a theoretical future in which the world's population approaches infinity.
Yes. INFINITY.
Because nothing says "reasonable scientific forecast" quite like predicting more people than the universe can possibly accommodate.
In this video, we're exploring the fascinating true history of the November 13, 2026 doomsday prediction, the scientists who developed it, what their calculations actually meant, and why modern population science tells a very different story.
We'll also look at how changing birth rates and population trends undermined the original mathematical model.
The United Nations now projects that the world's population will peak at approximately 10.3 billion people in the mid-2080s.
So will November 13, 2026, really be the end of humanity?
Almost certainly not.
But if I'm wrong, at least I won't have to worry about grading papers on Monday.
🌎 IN THIS VIDEO:
☄️ The real scientific prediction that identified November 13, 2026, as "Doomsday"
📅 Why the date falls on Friday the 13th
🔬 The 1960 research by Heinz von Foerster and his colleagues
🌍 The strange mathematics behind an infinitely growing human population
📈 Why the original prediction didn't hold up
🤔 What modern science actually says about humanity's population future
😂 Why humanity seems absolutely determined to predict its own extinction every few years
💬 YOUR TURN!
What's the most ridiculous end-of-the-world prediction you remember?
Y2K? The Mayan calendar in 2012? One of the countless religious apocalypse predictions? Or something even stranger?
Tell me in the comments!
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📚 SOURCES
Original 1960 Scientific Paper — Heinz von Foerster, Patricia M. Mora, and Lawrence W. Amiot, "Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026," Science:
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.132.3436.1291
National Library of Medicine — Original Study Record:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13782058/
United Nations — World Population Prospects 2024:
https://population.un.org/wpp/
United Nations — World Population Expected to Peak Within This Century:
https://www.un.org/en/node/219445
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