Belief in “preventing nuclear war from producing widespread annihilation is important” seems reasonably widespread, and it is supported by empirical evidence that nuclear bombs are possible, even though the claim that nuclear war would be such that it would produce widespread annihilation hasn’t been verified. But of course you can see that such widespread annihilation would be possible, by bombing the most populous cities in order.
Yeah, I thought about nuclear risk, but Hiroshima and Nagasaki seem like good enough evidence for the possibility of widespread annihilation (or even Trinity for that matter). This would only be a good example if there was widespread appreciation for GCR potential from nuclear risk before any nuclear detonations. I don’t think there was? (Especially considering that there was only a few short years (1933 − 1945) from theory to practice with the nuclear chain reaction.)
Belief in “preventing nuclear war from producing widespread annihilation is important” seems reasonably widespread, and it is supported by empirical evidence that nuclear bombs are possible, even though the claim that nuclear war would be such that it would produce widespread annihilation hasn’t been verified. But of course you can see that such widespread annihilation would be possible, by bombing the most populous cities in order.
Yeah, I thought about nuclear risk, but Hiroshima and Nagasaki seem like good enough evidence for the possibility of widespread annihilation (or even Trinity for that matter). This would only be a good example if there was widespread appreciation for GCR potential from nuclear risk before any nuclear detonations. I don’t think there was? (Especially considering that there was only a few short years (1933 − 1945) from theory to practice with the nuclear chain reaction.)