Why You Should Care About Nukes
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Henry: Today I’ve got guest and Physicist Max Tegmark here to answer some questions…Ok, Max, why should I care about nuclear weapons?Max: Because we’ve learned that they’re even more dangerous than we first thought:The biggest threat from nukes isn’t explosions that each kill millions of people, or radioactivefallout that kills even more, or even a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse that causes mayhem byfrying the electrical grid and electronics across a continentNo, the biggest threat from nuclear weapons is a global nuclear-induced winter, in whichthe fires and smoke from as few as a thousand nukes could darken the atmosphere enough toplunge Earth into a planet-wide mini ice age with year-round winter-like conditions. Thiscould cause a complete collapse of...
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Henry: Today I’ve got guest and Physicist Max Tegmark here to answer some questions…Ok, Max, why should I care about nuclear weapons?Max: Because we’ve learned that they’re even more dangerous than we first thought:The biggest threat from nukes isn’t explosions that each kill millions of people, or radioactivefallout that kills even more, or even a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse that causes mayhem byfrying the electrical grid and electronics across a continentNo, the biggest threat from nuclear weapons is a global nuclear-induced winter, in whichthe fires and smoke from as few as a thousand nukes could darken the atmosphere enough toplunge Earth into a planet-wide mini ice age with year-round winter-like conditions. Thiscould cause a complete collapse of...
