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I think there's two options for UFO sightings: A) there are real, ET or machine intelligence piloted UFOs actually visiting us - or - B) this whole thing has
by king_magic 6y ago
I think there's two options for UFO sightings:
A) there are real, ET or machine intelligence piloted UFOs actually visiting us - or -
B) this whole thing has been a long, slow burn disinformation campaign to reduce the risk of nuclear war by scaring nuclear weapon powers into believing there is something with greater power out there capable of quickly eradicating nations that move to aggressively use nuclear weapons
I'm leaning towards B, personally. Just makes more sense to me - make people afraid, unsure of what's out there - give leaders just enough doubt to second guess pressing the nuclear button.
- roberttod 6y agoUse of nuclear weapons already guarantees mutual annihilation. I'm pretty sure the US government isn't trying to scare dictators with alien activity - I doubt anyone would change policy without a real alien coming and talking to us.
- king_magic 6y agoIt doesn't guarantee mutual annihilation at all. We've already used nuclear weapons, and there's certainly the possibility they will be used again in future conflicts in a limited scale that doesn't end civilization. My point is: if you do a good enough job pretending that an alien has already come and gave us a stern warning, you can potentially influence your adversary's thinking.
- Theory5 6y ago"It doesn't guarantee mutual annihilation at all. We've already used nuclear weapons" That's a weird thing to say. When was the last time we used them, during a war? Back before any other power had them. Literally the US was the only country with those bombs. That's obviously not mutually assured anything. Now, almost everyone has at least one, and the US and Russia have many more.
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