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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 28 Mar 2014

    Eliminating nuclear weapons is not a utopian fantasy but the next step in the decline of violence. #demandzerohttp://huff.to/1o1G2TS 

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      1. JayMan‏ @JayMan471 28 Mar 2014
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        .@sapinker Somehow I think that will serve to make the world a much more violent place. Imagine the Crimea standoff without nukes in play.

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      1. Barry Lyons‏ @lyonsnyc 28 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Yes, as Jonathan Schell told us over thirty years ago in his great book, "The Fate of the Earth".

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      1. John‏ @johnpm 28 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker I wish, the problem is their deterrent factor, would there have been an Iraq war if Iraq had Nuclear missiles??

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      1. Erik Lambda‏ @strandbris 28 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Advance of tech is bound to rise the impact of conflicts regardless of nukes. Lets hope we also get better at resolving conflicts.

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      1. Republican Atheist‏ @Sal3CT 28 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker @FFRF zero? Dumbest idea ever. You should just say "bomb me".

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      1. Christopher Grayson‏ @chrisgrayson 28 Mar 2014
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        #NuclearWeapons > @SAPinker But drastic reductions not just possible, but probable. Minimum viable deterrence is winnable strategy.

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      1. Christopher Grayson‏ @chrisgrayson 28 Mar 2014
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        #NuclearWeapons > @SAPinker Noble utopian fantasy, but utopian none the less. Nobody goes first, and the holdout rules them all. #PipeDream

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      1. Jordan Hunt‏ @nofacists 28 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Will the lack of big consequence allow for more small skirmishes?

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      1. Rye Zuul Iblis‏ @RyeZuul 28 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker I don't agree - I think nukes have been critical to making national violence not worth the cost.

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      1. mapi camara‏ @MapiCamara 28 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker As in J. Lenon song:all that we are saying is give peace a chance!

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      1. Donna*Lee‏ @TheRegnantQueen 28 Mar 2014
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        Unsure what violence as a direct result of nukes needs curbing in contemporary times @sapinker

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      1. Ramiro Saavedra-Bece‏ @rasbe 28 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker violence will never go away, it is a condition of nature.

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      1. carokann‏ @carokann 28 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Possibly nukes have contributed to zero military conflicts between powers like the US & Sovietunion or China in the past?

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      1. UrsusMaritimus‏ @ursus_marit 28 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker but nuclear weapons have killed very few people relative to conventional weapons.

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      1. Ballomar‏ @Ballomar1 28 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker dream on. Nuclear war looking ever more likely.

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