Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-25 days agoIf a country was confident they developed a technology that would act as a fool proof deterrent against nuclear attacks what would that mean for the rest of the world?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareIf a country was confident they developed a technology that would act as a fool proof deterrent against nuclear attacks what would that mean for the rest of the world?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-25 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoHow is that fool proof?
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoHasn’t failed yet (yes I know that’s the survivorship bias fallacy)
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days ago“The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.” ― Carl Sagan
How is that fool proof?
It is proof that humans are fools
Hasn’t failed yet (yes I know that’s the survivorship bias fallacy)
“The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.”
― Carl Sagan