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Irresepctive of the language, what's scary is how many people would accept high chance (2/3) of total extinction for relatively slight chance (1/3) of total suc
by rumcajz 13y ago
Irresepctive of the language, what's scary is how many people would accept high chance (2/3) of total extinction for relatively slight chance (1/3) of total success. It gets extra scary when you consider that politicians are presumably thinking this way about war, including nuclear war.
- xux 13y agoThey do, and they should. Truman made the gamble that using nuclear weapon would end the war early, and he was right. Millions more Japanese would have died defending their homeland if there were a land invasion.
- joaorico 13y agoFreeman Dyson: "I changed my mind about an important historical question: did the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bring World War Two to an end? Until this year I used to say, perhaps. Now, because of new facts, I say no. This question is important, because the myth of the nuclear bombs bringing the war to an end is widely believed. To demolish this myth may be a useful first step toward ridding the world of nuclear weapons." http://www.edge.org/response-detail/11732 http://www.edge.org/response-detail/11732