# How well would modern society handle the dinosaur killing meteor if it happened today?

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-would-modern-society-handle-the-dinosaur-killing-meteor-if-it-happened-today/933856/301 "2021-03-15T21:40:44Z")

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Perhaps an applicable experiment for the post-meteor lifestyle:

> **[Extreme Experiment Confines 15 People to Secluded Cave for 40 Days](https://www.odditycentral.com/news/extreme-experiment-confines-15-people-to-secluded-cave-for-40-days.html)**
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> Deep Time is a groundbreaking experiment that confines 15 people in a secluded cave for 40 days, with no notion of the passing of time.

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> Completely deprived of natural light, and the use of ubiquitous gadgets like phones or watches, the 15 volunteers will need to adapt to the constant 12-degree Celsius temperature and 95% humidity of the cave, generate their own electricity using a pedal boat system, and draw the water they need from 45 meters deep.

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