The Sky May Be Falling

Ahoy there, me hearties!
Have you ever wondered about the End of the World? I'm not talking about in the Biblical sense, but the scientific. There have been countless movies and television programs over the years, and before that books and papers written, about some cataclysmic disaster not of man's creation destroying most of humanity in a single fell blow. You've all seen them, heard about them, or read about them. Asteroids, comets, meteors, what-have-you, slamming into the Earth and wiping us all back into the stone ages. Great sci-fi, but what about the reality of it?
I have often put this question to my friends and co-workers: If the world was about to come to an end, would the scientists and government tell us, and would you want to know anyway?
I often get a mix of reactions. Many believe at first that the government would have to tell us. I point out that if in fact the world only had weeks, or days, left before certain destruction, and nothing could been done to avert it, the government would NEVER tell the news. If they let it out, the civilization of mankind would self-destruct long before the clock counted down. Why would anyone go to work? Why pay for anything? Why not rape and murder? There will be no human consequences for any evil done by those predisposed to do it. Mass suicides would dot the world. Death and destruction would reign long before the event ever happened. No, I contest that the scientists and governments would never let the information about impending doom out to the general population of man.
Now, would you even want to know? I am unsure myself. If I was still single without anyone depending on me, I'd say yes. I'd want to be able to get that last little bit in before the clock struck twelve. But as a father, now I don't think I'd want to. 'Nuf said.
So, the whole point of this exercise is to once again remind you out there in the galaxy that you never know when The End will happen. Live for today, I say. Try to enjoy life as it comes and don't spend so much of your energies worrying about the little things, or the things you cannot possibly ever control. Sol could go super-nova on us tomorrow, blasting us all into atomic waste. We only know what the scientists tell us, right? Remember that asteroid that passed between Earth and Luna just a few years back? When did anyone say anything? After it had missed us, that's when! See what I mean?
Now that I've managed to "stir the pot" a little, I'll let you be.
I am the Center of the Universe, live and uncensored.
So long!