American apocalypse: The end 'feels personal and imminent'
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- Summary
- The article discusses a study on how beliefs about the end of the world influence attitudes toward global risks. Researchers found that perceptions of personal relevance and immediacy affect support for policies addressing issues like climate change and AI. The study involved participants from diverse backgrounds and examined factors like perceived cause and post-apocalyptic scenarios.
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“Participants were shown a list of five global risks: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, and technological.”
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“One in three contemporary Americans considers an apocalypse as 'personal and imminent.'”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm prevalence of apocalyptic beliefs among Americans.
“People who think the world is going to end in their lifetime tend to see global risks like climate change, pandemics, or AI as more severe.”
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— No evidence in archive to verify correlation between perceived end-of-world timing and risk severity.
“The study was published in APA PsycNet and an open-access pre-print version is available from January 2026.”
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“People's attitudes to global risks depend on four factors: how soon you think the world is going to end, how you think it's going to end, what role you personally have in its end, and what you think is going to happen after the end.”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm or refute the claim about factors influencing attitudes toward global risks.
“Participants in the study came from a variety of religious backgrounds: Catholic, Mainline Protestant, Evangelical Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, and non-religious.”
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“The study involved six pilot studies with a total of 2,079 participants in the US and Canada, and a pre-registered study of 1,409 people.”
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