<story><title>Princeton lab simulates nuclear war (2019)</title><url>https://sgs.princeton.edu/the-lab/plan-a</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>andretti1977</author><text>I know it may be off topic but i don&amp;#x27;t want people to discuss about the reliability of the data involved, no, i want people to reflect about the outcome: end of humanity.&lt;p&gt;It disgusts me to think that maybe 99.99% of world population wouldn&amp;#x27;t harm another person but due to a ridicolous small fraction of the entire population, we risk to end our lives.&lt;p&gt;This is completely absurd and makes no sense at all.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pmoriarty</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;maybe 99.99% of world population wouldn&amp;#x27;t harm another person&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think they would... especially in self-defense, in defense of someone they cared about, and plenty would do so for ideals like &amp;quot;freedom&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;country&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;democracy&amp;quot;... and if they wouldn&amp;#x27;t most would be perfectly happy to let others do it for them.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s why the military and police exist, and why most people are perfectly happy to fund and support them.  It&amp;#x27;s also why wars have so many participants and supporters.&lt;p&gt;Politicians can further rile people up to commit violence against scapegoats and even preemptively against distant potential threats.  It&amp;#x27;s not so difficult for them to get a lot of people to commit violence against a historical, cultural, political, religious, or ethnic enemy.</text></comment>
<story><title>Princeton lab simulates nuclear war (2019)</title><url>https://sgs.princeton.edu/the-lab/plan-a</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>andretti1977</author><text>I know it may be off topic but i don&amp;#x27;t want people to discuss about the reliability of the data involved, no, i want people to reflect about the outcome: end of humanity.&lt;p&gt;It disgusts me to think that maybe 99.99% of world population wouldn&amp;#x27;t harm another person but due to a ridicolous small fraction of the entire population, we risk to end our lives.&lt;p&gt;This is completely absurd and makes no sense at all.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ratsmack</author><text>War mongers also cross the entire political spectrum almost like they&amp;#x27;re born with a death wish. It&amp;#x27;s too bad they can&amp;#x27;t be excised from the system before they gain too much power.</text></comment>