• VerdantSporeSeasoning@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Because future generations have to safehold and not misuse extremely destructive knowledge. We have a world where North Korea has nuclear weapons, but do they have the ethics to use them responsibly, understanding their full potential? Do the other countries with nuclear bombs have that ethical responsibility, especially over generations? Cuz that big red button is going to be around for a while.

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      7 months ago

      If it weren’t the USA, it would have been the Nazis or Russians who invented it.

    • IcePee@lemmy.beru.co
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      7 months ago

      One would argue given enough time some kind of civilizations ending event is an inevitability. With nukes we’re just increasing that risk.