I'm curious what you think the "other angle" would be. The query was, "how likely was nuclear war?" The answer is, "that's hard to know, here is what people who know about this tend to believe, and here are some of the forces and policies that have an impact on that estimate."
I'm not sure how that's irresponsible, but in any case, my attitude is, "try to answer the question they have, but make sure that the answer is a good one — e.g., don't scaremonger, don't be pollyannaish, don't make things seem entirely black & white, give the nuance."
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But I'm genuinely curious how you think someone like me ought to respond, with an acknowledgment that I don't set the terms of the discourse. I participate in it, I try to bend it one way or another, I try to influence it, but there are limits.
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