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Re:Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic lev... by jchanimal on Friday August 04, 2023 @12:30AM (#36995495)
As long as the people with the weapons act rationally. Which might be an anomaly.
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Re:Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic lev... by rurban on Friday August 04, 2023 @01:36AM (#36995860)
The problem with game theory is that the actors do act rationally, and the most rational scenario is still the doomsday genocide: first strike, with a submarine counterstrike.
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Re:Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic lev... by ben_w on Friday August 04, 2023 @07:26AM (#36998425)
When you know your opponent has counterstrike capability, first strike stops being rational.
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