Yeah, I didn’t mean to suggest that Nobel was entirely wrong, although I can see how people might read it that way. I really didn’t want promote any simple specific conclusion. I just think it’s complicated and it’s informative to look at historical examples.
Personally, I feel a lot of sympathy for all these people, including Nobel, who I tend to think has gotten a reputation as a merchant of death that’s substantially undeserved. But I do think he was entirely wrong on the sub-point that it would make wars impossible. Not because wars still exist, but because nuclear weapons have been used, could easily have been used much more, and may end up being used much more.
Yeah, I didn’t mean to suggest that Nobel was entirely wrong, although I can see how people might read it that way. I really didn’t want promote any simple specific conclusion. I just think it’s complicated and it’s informative to look at historical examples.
Personally, I feel a lot of sympathy for all these people, including Nobel, who I tend to think has gotten a reputation as a merchant of death that’s substantially undeserved. But I do think he was entirely wrong on the sub-point that it would make wars impossible. Not because wars still exist, but because nuclear weapons have been used, could easily have been used much more, and may end up being used much more.