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This little-known factoid might change your mind: an all out nuclear war has less than 1 in 10,000 chance of wiping out mankind[0]. [0] http://www.overcomingbi
by desdiv 12y ago
This little-known factoid might change your mind: an all out nuclear war has less than 1 in 10,000 chance of wiping out mankind[0].
[0] http://www.overcomingbias.com/2012/11/nuclear-winter-and-human-extinction-qa-with-luke-oman.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2012/11/nuclear-winter-and-hum...
- Varkiil 12y agoI did not specially talked about nuclear warfare, many other known events can wipe out humankind but what I wanted to point out is that future discoveries and major science advancement will be our downfall
- desdiv 12y agoI didn't assume you were talking about nuclear warfare. Sorry for not being clear. I was point out how difficult it is to wipe out ~7 billion people, even with extremely advanced technology. Nuclear winter is just a convenient benchmark of that. The same resilience mankind has against nuclear winter is also applicable against genetic engineering, climate change, and nano-tech disasters.
- sixQuarks 12y agonuclear war may not wipe out mankind, but superintelligent AI intent on wiping out mankind can probably do it.