You Will Survive Doomsday

Originally Posted by Watts

People talk about some sort of nuclear armageddon like they want to happen. Oh well. Exciting times we live in. I'd rather be dead then brain dead living as a vegetable.

Why would you be brain-dead?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Spike

A nuclear war will never happen. The world economy is tied too close to each other (ie. China and the US) for it to make sense to attack each other with Nuclear weapons. Let's say China were to attack the US with a nuclear weapon. In 24-48 hours, China's economy would come to a halt. Something similar would happen to Russia, although to a lesser degree, but would still completely cripple their economy. The author of the article talks about "doomsday" due to errors in the computers that control the nuclear weapons. That is even less likely to happen due to a lot of redundant precautions that are in place. I'm no expert on this subject, but you don't need to be to realize that nuclear war has no chance of happening.

'You don't need to be an expert', o okay. Yeah, nuclear warfare is a pretty simple thing, don't they, like, even teach it in kindergartens nowadays?

Seriously, what. Economy? There have been many economically devastating wars in the past.

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The author of the article talks about "doomsday" due to errors in the computers that control the nuclear weapons. That is even less likely to happen due to a lot of redundant precautions that are in place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_...ovich_Arkhipov

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_W...al_close_calls

Oh, but hey, we have ADVANCED computers now, right? They pretty much make error in human judgement a non-issue, and the good people of Happytown can sleep tight. =)

There's nowhere I can't reach.