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[-] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 2 months ago

There are multiple cases where pure chance and human hesitation prevented all out nuclear bombardment in the Cold War.

So for that alone we are extremely lucky.

[-] gedhrel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

It does make me wonder about quantum suicide.

[-] Disaster@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

This. People exercised their consciences.

this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2024

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