The question is will it happen everywhere or be localized, I doubt that it could happen world-wide, but in some parts it could happen it happened before and could happen again.
Anyway a lot of scientist become extremist and can become scary. If history can tell something is that even the besto of scientists are bad prophets.
Anyway a lot of scientist become extremist and can become scary. If history can tell something is that even the besto of scientists are bad prophets.