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"For instance we almost killed ourselves with nuclear weapons. Created by smart people, controlled by smart people. There were so many weapons to kill ourselves multiple times. Overkill." | "For instance we almost killed ourselves with nuclear weapons. Created by smart people, controlled by smart people. There were so many weapons to kill ourselves multiple times. Overkill." | ||
"It seems that we are not smart enough anymore for the tools we possess. Some decades ago there was a [[wikipedia:Stanislav_Petrov|soldier whose instruments detected an intercontinental missile with a nuclear warhead]]. He didn't protocol and simply declared this incidence a false alarm. If he had decided differently it could have been the end. There were quite a number of such incidences." | "It seems that we are not smart enough anymore for the tools we possess. Some decades ago there was a [[wikipedia:Stanislav_Petrov|soldier whose instruments detected an intercontinental missile with a nuclear warhead]]. He didn't followed protocol and simply declared this incidence a false alarm. If he had decided differently it could have been the end. There were quite a number of such incidences." | ||
"Though the danger of a nuclear holocaust has somewhat weakened it is still there. After a generation or two the horror of the past wars diminish and new ones can easily break out. We can call ourselves lucky to live in a phase of relative peace." | "Though the danger of a nuclear holocaust has somewhat weakened it is still there. After a generation or two the horror of the past wars diminish and new ones can easily break out. We can call ourselves lucky to live in a phase of relative peace." | ||