Re:Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction?
by randmeerkat on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:41PM
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Yeah, I phrased that poorly. I meant to say that the the destructive power of nuclear weapons and the likelihood of full out nuclear war causing the total collapse of civilization is considered hyperbole now..?
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Re:Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction?
by 627467 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:53PM
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According to the post, yes. To state that such event may lead to total collapse wouldn't be a new idea at all. It's the mainstream hypothesis since the cold war.
To challenge those ideas by articulating the opposite (that it may not lead to total collapse) it's new (to me at least) and good food for thought.
Can't cite anything, but I'm pretty sure that the nimble investment in nuclear energy that society has made as a whole in the past decades were fueled by fear of total collapse as if it's impossible for humans to play with fire without completely obliterating ourselves. And considering the new(ish) challenges we have (climate and others) I find it helpful to think that past demons/fears can be managed in a constructive way.