The problem is tat we're acing to thi state where human beings are not going to be able to control the weapons because the warning times are too short. And so, you know, i really worry about nuclear winter, i think, virtually as much as i did back then. But there's what's so disturbing is that even when we were terrified of he nuclear war back in the day, there were cliet state wars going on, but not a hot war in europe.
Are advanced civilizations doomed to destroy themselves? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore the Cold War, The Drake Equation, and nuclear winter hypothesis with producer of Cosmos and Carl Sagan’s widow Ann Druyan and atmospheric scientist Brian Toon.
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