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The Risks of a Nuclear Bomb
The risks that could wipe out the human species are more likely to be anthropogenic. One type of risk is a sort of playing rushian roulette am with our innovations. Back in the 19 forties, American physicist robert oppenheimer held secret meetings about creating an atomic bomb. He brought together some of the leading thinkers in the leading researches and asked them: Should we try to create an atomic bomba? And there was heated debate between,. i between the different scientists. Some it was was a necessary risk some thought it was a way too risky to even bother to try.
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