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You cannot be serious. No, you don't need mass war to catalyze major breakthroughs. I don't know why someone would even think that unless they were extremely i
by noobermin 9y ago
You cannot be serious. No, you don't need mass war to catalyze major breakthroughs.
I don't know why someone would even think that unless they were extremely ignorant of history.
- gaius 9y agoNo, you don't need mass war to catalyze major breakthroughs. True, but it is also true that periods of heightened tension even short of shooting wars do accelerate development. The Space Race is the classic example. The Internet is also a product of the Cold War. The jet engine was developed in the period before WW2 when things were already looking fraught. That’s historical fact; “worth it” is a whole ‘nother matter.