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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Doomsday Clock was only set at 12 minutes to midnight? Why is this? Shouldn't it have been a lot closer?

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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Doomsday Clock was only set at 12 minutes to midnight? Why is this? Shouldn't it have been a lot closer?	11
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