Comments on: Armageddon 1958 https://www.isegoria.net/2011/11/armageddon-1958/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:16:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Johnny Abacus https://www.isegoria.net/2011/11/armageddon-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-384011 Johnny Abacus Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:17:56 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=27225#comment-384011 “The root of war was in the heart of man. It was never in the weapons.”

This is true when the length of a war is measured in weeks. As the time drops to minutes, it runs head first into Hanlon’s Razor.

Thankfully for all of us, Stanislav Petrov made the correct decision.

]]> By: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2011/11/armageddon-1958/comment-page-1/#comment-383224 David Foster Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:43:16 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=27225#comment-383224 “Weapons designers play the societal role of witches in fairy tales–we scare people into behaving”

— a Los Alamos scientist

See my post on deterrence.

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