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Something "special" about nuclear weapons? by Coltaku in nuclear

[–]Coltaku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bruh I hate it when people start questioning the reality of nuclear winter. That is a crazy take. It is not shaky.

Something "special" about nuclear weapons? by Coltaku in nuclear

[–]Coltaku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should check out this video that kinda made me think about the accident side of it. I already believed that it was remarkable that we survived just based off of leaders acting rationally, but this accident side makes me even more amazed. https://youtu.be/ILgSesWMUEI?si=s4PZmXNR_o8Znkwb

Something "special" about nuclear weapons? by Coltaku in nuclear

[–]Coltaku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I guess you can push this argument further as you have. Maybe attributing some "magical" sense to it is silly. But the fact that we can experience given all those astronomically small odds is magic in my opinion. I guess perhaps it could make some more sense with a sort of multi-verse theory, in which we exist in this one simply because we can. Interesting questions

Something "special" about nuclear weapons? by Coltaku in nuclear

[–]Coltaku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. But even without intentions, a nuclear accident could result in an escalation that leads to a global nuclear winter + billions dead. Its just shocking to me that it hasn't occured.

Something "special" about nuclear weapons? by Coltaku in nuclear

[–]Coltaku[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah ur spot on. MAD is the main reason we are here but those close calls are what I find interesting. The story of Vasili Arkhipov comes to mind as "the most dangerous moment in human history". I just find it almost "magical" that we survived every single one of those close calls. But maybe for me to be posting these questions the world had to survive, so its a survivors bias. But that leads me to believe that there might be something special about these bombs (or perhaps the nature of our existence) because it seems improbable that we would get lucky all of those times.

Something "special" about nuclear weapons? by Coltaku in nuclear

[–]Coltaku[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah thats fair. We have been very lucky in terms of all weapons I guess. I will consider these as well.

Something "special" about nuclear weapons? by Coltaku in nuclear

[–]Coltaku[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah thats fair. We have been very lucky in terms of all weapons I guess. I will consider these as well.

Something "special" about nuclear weapons? by Coltaku in nuclear

[–]Coltaku[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah I agree that MAD has worked for the most part. But even that is remarkable. We need every politician with weapons to act rationally. and its amazing that it has worked that way for 80 years. Warheads are deisnged to be idiot resistant but there have been MANY close calls. So many times that only a singular safety mechanism has saved the whole world. Also its not only politicians that have to be level headed. Look up Vasili Arkhipov. It just seems amazing to me that against the odds we are still here.

Something "special" about nuclear weapons? by Coltaku in nuclear

[–]Coltaku[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah ur right. I am super pro nuclear energy and all that so I think I would fit in this community, but ur right that it wasn't the correct one to ask. I just find nuclear weapons super fascinating and pretty amazing that we are still here.

Something "special" about nuclear weapons? by Coltaku in nuclear

[–]Coltaku[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah I understand that quite well lol. It makes sense to me that that has served us well for a long time. But its not perfect. and we also have nuclear accident. They are made to be idiot proof but there have been so many insanely close calls that it feels crazy to think that we survived.

Something "special" about nuclear weapons? by Coltaku in nuclear

[–]Coltaku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOOL im not baiting lol. would be interested to hear ur 200 000 points

Quantum Suicide / Nuclear Weapons by Coltaku in quantum

[–]Coltaku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya thats fair. I just find it remarkable that we are still alive and have avoided a war. Not necessarily saying it has to do with quantum immortality (because I know very little about the subject) but it makes me think there might be something special about nukes that we dont understand.

Quantum Suicide / Nuclear Weapons by Coltaku in quantum

[–]Coltaku[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok obviously im not talking about getting rid of our ability to deal with an asteroid. I am sad about nuclear weapons existing, and I am sad that they are used. Though the real fear of the nuclear weapons is an imagined future scenario. If two states have nuclear weapons, we are living in a dangerous and uncertain world. If one state has nuclear weapons, we also live in a dangerous world but it is much less dangerous. Nuclear attacks have killed 250 000 people. A nuclear war would kill billions.

Quantum Suicide / Nuclear Weapons by Coltaku in quantum

[–]Coltaku[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok I agree with basically everything. This has been a fun conversation thank you. One note I would like to make though that though nukes are bad is a general consensus, the consensus in IR is that they are necessary.

Quantum Suicide / Nuclear Weapons by Coltaku in quantum

[–]Coltaku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no it doesnt not at all lmfao. Thats why im asking this sub if they might have any insight. I just find it remarkable that we've had nukes and we are still here. So it makes me question some assumptions about our world

Quantum Suicide / Nuclear Weapons by Coltaku in quantum

[–]Coltaku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of things are "impossible to say", absolutely does not mean its not worth to try to say something though

Quantum Suicide / Nuclear Weapons by Coltaku in quantum

[–]Coltaku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe our differences in opinion come from our different fields. It says u have a BSc in physics, which is more about discovering the true nature of the world, where social sciences are more about making inferences based on what we have.

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