Luckily all governments with them are responsible. For example India and Pakistan have disputes, but both know not to involve their nuclear weapons.
Sekky: will the oil "just run out", or will it gradually become more expensive and people will switch to ethanol or electricity, etc?
]]>However, I like to feel that MAD will soon shudder and die as an idealology, as peace comes about...
Then again, "If you want Peace, go to War" will always ring true...
]]>We have come extremely close to wiping out all humanity in the past, a prime example being Stanislav Petrov. An equipment error with missile detection systems led to the false belief that America had sent a nuke over to Russia. Petrov, a lieutenant colonel at the time, refused to believe that it was true, and hence didn't inform the Russian government to retaliate. It's amazing how one person, who has his finger over the red button, can, in a split second, save the world, or destroy it.
The worrying thing is that with over 25,000 nuclear weapons in the world today, it is still possible that MAD could come into effect at any time. And in the future, even when we expand to other planets, it is worrying how humanity could wipe out thousands of years of humanity, in a single, final decision.
Do you think we will always have to fear MAD?
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