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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Sep 21

    Why do terrorist attacks, school shootings, and police shootings get so much more media attention than the risk of nuclear war? US nuclear strategy should be revamped to deterrence-only, and eventually abolition.https://cnn.it/2xuv0Pn 

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      1. Kev M‏ @BogeyInTheDark Sep 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        Because Russia modernizing their nuclear arsenal while we did not was evident of a more peaceful outlook or peace offering?

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      1. Daniel‏ @Daniel0311Duffy Sep 21
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        Pretty sure the lessons of history is quite the opposite. Weakness invites aggression. There is no deterrence with abolition.

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      1. Brad Woolsey‏ @BradleyWoolsey Sep 21
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        I would rather just have bigger and better nuclear weapons than the bad guys. Go back to academia.

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      1. Grey Area‏ @tardomatic Sep 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        Deterrence only is reasonable (as well as changes to make any such decision require more people), but abolition seems unlikely. Be careful of unintended consequences, since KE weapons in space would deliver much of the bang, with none of the fallout, allowing actual use.

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      1. Maggie Leber‏ @MaggieL Sep 21
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        Because gun control works so well.

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      2.  👻 🍁 🎃 Ghoulish Grenadier  🐻‏ @MitreCapMadness Sep 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        Last time I checked, the DPRK was denuclearizing and Kim directly credited Trump as the catalyst. Too bad the far left sufferers of TDS will totally forget that historical achievement

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      1. SWE8‏ @SWE810 Sep 27
        Replying to @sapinker

        Abolish nuclear weapons? No, thanks. I'd rather the pax americana to continue. Only nukes stand between the modern world and endless grinding industrial warfare.

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      1. peggy goodale‏ @peggygoodale Sep 25
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        I think you know humans are wired to react to the personal individual stories over mass death predictions or actual mass catastrophes.

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      1. Naama Kates‏ @naamakates Sep 22
        Replying to @sapinker

        I 💜 you Steven Pinker and have read all your books since the Blank Slate (or Language Instinct, if that was first).. bring the perspective!!!

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      1. tony ridler‏ @tony_ridler Sep 21
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        If it weren't for relativity, nothing could be blown out of proportion👐

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      1. Billy Wheaton‏ @BillyWheaton Sep 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        Perhaps people aren’t fools. Black Americans are far more likely to have their lives ruined or snuffed out by an incredibly unjust criminal justice system than they are to be victims of a nuclear weapon. Using police brutality as emblematic of that issue makes perfect sense.

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      1. Max sheppard‏ @Eastwestmeets Sep 21
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        Because nuclear attacks don’t happen regularly & school shootings do. One is a potential threat & one is an actual threat. It’s as a stupid a question as why do I worry about the mugger following me at night when 1 in 2 people get cancer. I thought you were supposed to be smart.

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      1. Craig Healy‏ @craigjhealy1 Sep 21
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        Am reading Einstein's essays now and just about everything he wrote and was concerned about is still among the world's greatest problems.

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      1. Theodosus‏ @Atheodosus Sep 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        We do have extensive data on terrorist attacks, school shootings, and police shootings. We have a lot of sci-fi on nuclear war.

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      1. Matthew Cory‏ @TricksterDoesIt Sep 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        You have to read a little more Steve:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOLvJV57G8w …

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      1. Matthew Cory‏ @TricksterDoesIt Sep 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        Steve doesn't understand the numbers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaP4sBsnEcg …

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      2. Matthew Cory‏ @TricksterDoesIt Sep 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        You are overrating the risk and level of destruction from nukes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqJSGF_kLnk …

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      3. Matthew Cory‏ @TricksterDoesIt Sep 21
        Replying to @TricksterDoesIt @sapinker

        "Mother Nature routinely deals with huge amounts of energy...It can be computed that the average hurricane releases the energy equivalent of 10 Hiroshima-class bombs every second. That’s approximately 1 million atomic bombs per day."

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