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Originally Posted by pr0
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/09/science/09brain.html
I just hope it evolves quick enough to make sure we don't go "MAD"
"The doctrine assumes that each side has enough weaponry to destroy the other side and that either side, if attacked for any reason by the other, would retaliate with equal or greater force. The expected result is an immediate escalation resulting in both combatants' total and assured destruction. It is now generally assumed that the nuclear fallout or nuclear winter would bring about worldwide devastation, though this was not a critical assumption to the theory of MAD."
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You know, as mad as "MAD" sounds the concept actually worked.
Think about it.
Not since the end of WWII has there been a mega (i.e. superpower vs. superpower) war.
We're talking 60 years without a direct superpower confrontation. That's unheard of! Take a look in any history book and you'll see that this has not been the case since the height of the Roman Empire.
Of course, once a radical moslem state gets it's hands on "the ultimate weapon" all bets will be off
