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People just came from a global war that eradicated 3% of the global population. The danger of radiation seemed very tiny in comparison.
by est31 6y ago
People just came from a global war that eradicated 3% of the global population. The danger of radiation seemed very tiny in comparison.
- TedDoesntTalk 6y agoWW2 was 13 years before. And some of those 3% were in fact killed by nukes and radiation and fallout. I have to ask gramps for the truth.
- DuskStar 6y agoIf by "some of" you mean "~0.025% of that 3%", sure.
- Gibbon1 6y agoIf you work off estimates of around 75 million people killed in WWII and 150,000 deaths in Hiroshima and Nagasaki it's 0.2% of the dead were due to atomic bombings. Basically 1 in 500.
- masswerk 6y agoCompared to estimated 100.000 deaths in a single conventional incident (operation Meetinghouse, the bombing of Tokyo in March 1945), this didn't stand out particularly.
- DuskStar 6y agoI think I misplaced a decimal point...
- Gibbon1 6y agoAt least you tried to do some basic math unlike 99% percent of the people on HN.
- est31 6y ago> WW2 was 13 years before. 9/11 was 19 years ago which killed "only" a few thousand yet the event's influence is still felt. In fact, we still feel WW2's influence today. Or the influence of the US civil war if I look at current conflicts :/.