The Science of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse: A Scientific Approach to the Existential Risks of Humanity

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When

2021/07/12 - 2021/07/14

Place

In-person + Online

Organizers

Organized by: Juan Ignacio Pérez Iglesias (UPV/EHU) and Ricardo Diez Muiño (DIPC, CFM)

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The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that there are phenomena that can put the very existence of Humanity at risk. A pandemic caused by a virus, whose effects are not even the most devastating we can imagine, has caused hundreds of millions of infections, tens of millions of sick people, and millions of deaths. But it could have been worse. What`s more, epidemiology and virology specialists have been warning of the very real possibility of even more devastating pandemics.

Pandemics are not the only threat we may have to face. There are others, of different character (extra planetary, geological, bacteriological, environmental, geopolitical and others) whose possible materialization should not be ruled out. In this Summer Course we intend to address these threats from a scientific perspective, and we will assess nature, the real risk, its perception by human beings and the best possible approach to these phenomena.

More information is available on the web page: https://www.uik.eus/en/la-ciencia-de-los-jinetes-del-apocalipsis-una-aproximacion-cientifica-los-riesgos-existenciales-de