Which apparently is costly bc the whole original Star Wars plot happens bc they tell a dude not to "waste ammo" on an "empty" escape pod
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Then again IRL we have enough nukes to kill everyone on earth hundreds of times so
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"We need lots of redundant nukes in case their nukes blow up our launching sites before we can shoot our nukes back" is a great explanation
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They srsly discussed the "problem" of "What if the ppl at the silos decide it'd be better to let the commies win than end the human race"
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Dual strategy of 1) automate the system as much as possible, 2) exaggerate how bad communism was so killing everyone seems preferable
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I don't think the ppl in charge actually believed omnicide was preferable to defeat but it's a game of chicken you see (game theory!)
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Fun fact, you and I and everyone are only alive right now bc one guy in a Russian submarine failed to make that call
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This guy literally saved the lives of everyone on Earth and you probably were never told about him https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov …
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@arthur_affect every September 26th, I celebrate Stanislav Yefgrafovich Petrov Saves The World day, for similar reasons.1 reply 5 retweets 22 likes -
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That's also a good (though slightly different) story https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov …
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What do you get for exposing a critical flaw in a nuclear warning system that might have killed the whole world?
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You get reassigned to a lower position, eventually pushed out of the military, and your professional reputation ruined
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Until eventually they make a movie about you and your reward for saving all life on Earth is 25,000 Euro
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