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That's exactly my point. I did, explicitly, say it was unpleasant, and something you should only do in extremis -- when you genuinely believe that extinction a
by bpodgursky 5y ago
That's exactly my point. I did, explicitly, say it was unpleasant, and something you should only do in extremis -- when you genuinely believe that extinction a likely alternative.
But the US could absolutely glass every semiconductor fab (and datacenter, and research facility) in mainland China using a combination of conventional + atomic kinetic options.
- killingtime74 5y agoI guess we agree then. That would lead to the end of the human race
- bpodgursky 5y agoNo, that's almost certainly incorrect. Here's a decent summary of current research: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/sT6NxFxso6Z9xjS7o/nuclear-war-is-unlikely-to-cause-human-extinction https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/sT6NxFxso6Z9xjS7o/nuclear-wa... It would be an unthinkable catastrophe, but almost certainly not the end of the human race (and likely not even modern civilization).