Originally Posted by raytri";p=&quot

I don't know what the proximate cause will be, but the signs of impending apocalypse are all around us.

Last night, for instance, CNN devoted an hour or so of prime-time broadcasting to Larry King interviewing Dr. Phil about the Alec Baldwin case.

I think the steady attrition of our critical thinking skills will lead to mass, slow death by stupidity. Alternatively, we'll simply devolve into nonsentience, having lost the minimum brain capacity for self-awareness.

At which point, our cats will eat us.