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Have a read of Eric Schlosser's book, Command and Control https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788 https://www.amazon.co

• busyant 5y ago
  > The ways we could end up in a nuclear war are frightening to the point of madness. Haven't read the book, but I watched Dr. Strangelove when I was young(er). What made the movie great to me was that it made me realize that, although there is a nuclear "safety net", it was designed and controlled by humans — flawed humans who don't always behave rationally and who may not act in the best interests of humanity.
  • moffkalast 5y ago
    It is not only possible for humans not behaving rationally, it is essential!
• harryvederci 5y ago
  ... and yet we haven't. Every day since WW2, things could have gone wrong. Every day, for 76.56 years. 918.79 months. 27965 days. I think we'll be fine. And if I'm wrong, you probably won't be able to tell me! :) Edit: not sure (and don't really care) why this got downvoted, but I meant it as a morale boosting thing, not as a probability calculation. Things could have gone horribly wrong so many times, but they haven't so far. That personally gives me hope for the future.
  • abvdasker 5y ago
    I hope you're right, but this feels like an instance of the hot hand fallacy. In a historical sense, nuclear weapons haven't existed for very long. 76.56 years without a nuclear attack is less than the life expectancy of one US adult. It's too soon to tell.
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