Cats Mimicking Internet Memes Could Destroy Universe, Say Scientists
Scientists at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland have expressed serious concerns about the recent trend of cats copying popular Internet memes.
“It’s a paradoxical feedback loop,” says Johann Necker, noted particle physicist and author of Cats: Could They Be the Death of Us?, published in this month’s Journal of Mathematical Physics.
“Cats have reached critical mass on the Internet. When cats impersonate those memes, and then people post photos of the impersonations back to the Internet, the cycle accelerates, with energy readings off the charts,” Necker explains. “My colleagues and I believe it could generate a black hole on earth.”
While others in the physics community are less alarmed, most advocate a “better safe than sorry” policy, and advise cat owners to restrict feline web surfing until more data is collected.
Photos submitted by Jenna Olejniczak (Riley) and Matt Wilginer (Fievel).
