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For market overvaluation, it says: 9.1 / 10 "DEFCON 4" DEFCON 5 is peacetime, DEFCON 1 is imminent nuclear war. For example, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, t
by uiri 9y ago
For market overvaluation, it says: 9.1 / 10 "DEFCON 4"
DEFCON 5 is peacetime, DEFCON 1 is imminent nuclear war. For example, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US reached DEFCON 2. Should this say DEFCON 2 instead? Or is "above" normal readiness the intended meaning?
- truffle_pig 9y agoYeah was trying to communicate "moderate risk", but it's kinda tongue in cheek.
- laumars 9y agoWe got the tongue in cheek point of the comment. However what is being discussed is the ordering. Defcon 1 is more serious than Defcon 5. ie it counts backwards from 5 to 1 as situations become more serious. So your comment should be Defcon 2. Pedantics aside, I did enjoy those little comments you put alongside the threat level.
- jng 9y agoYou can just write DEFCON 3 and this will communicate the same "moderate risk" message to everyone, no matter their understanding of how DEFCON levels work.
- CWuestefeld 9y agoThe movie Wargames guessed wrong. As a result, the public understanding is backwards from the real NORAD numbers.
- dooglius 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFCON https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFCON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHBqJj0znYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHBqJj0znYo Seems consistent to me, DEFCON 1 is war, 5 is peace
- CWuestefeld 9y agoMy comment was from memory, based on my recollection of the director's commentary on the DVD. I'll have to see if I can find any supporting doc.