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Metamagical Themas: Sanity and Survival (1985)
- jjcc 9y agoWonderful topic. Still remember the article about "tit for tat" strategy which can be consider to be the basic moral principle that similar to "Treat the others the way that you want to be treated". Most normal people don't see the association of this principle to the Godel theorem so they don't strongly against preemptive strike policy and elected mathematically stupid political leaders who caused chaos world today.
- nemo1618 9y agoCan you explain the relation of "tit for tat" to Godel's (incompleteness?) theorem? I'm familiar with both but don't see the connection.
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- starshadowx2 9y agoA neat interactive article/experiment on game theory and different strategies - http://ncase.me/trust/ http://ncase.me/trust/
- JackFr 9y agoJust an interesting bit of perspective - that was written in 1985, 33 years after the detonation of the first thermonuclear bomb, and 33 years before today. Despite good-faith hand wringing and bad-faith fear mongering, it seems to me we're further removed from a nuclear war than ever. There are valid fears of nuclear weapons in the hands of rogue states or non-state actors, but as someone whose been alive the whole time, the idea of some kind of massive globe encompassing nuclear conflict seems far more remote than it did in the 1980's.
- RangerScience 9y agoMaybe to you, but apparently not to them: 2018: 2 Minutes to Midnight 1984-1988: 3 Minutes to Midnight https://thebulletin.org/timeline https://thebulletin.org/timeline The last time we were at 2 minutes was the 50s.
- kwoff 9y agoIsn't this just blatantly violating copyright?
- vilhelm_s 9y agoYes, but if it decreases the risk of nuclear war even slightly, isn't it worth it? :)