Welcome back zx4551.
If what you say is true and i have no reason to doubt you, then mankind as a race, may indeed be facing its extinction (again).. I say again
because in man's attempts to master new and powerful technologies mankind has always faced the fact that its new technologies can go wrong.
As already pointed out, the first Atomic bomb 'could' have caused a chain reaction that might have engulfed the whole world.. But still the powers
to be thought it 'worth' the risk in order to advance another step in the technological tree.
A simple analogy of this would go something like this.
You live on a large, wooded island, you share this island with many people. You have the knowledge to make a fire, which will help to keep you warm
at nights, cook your food, provide a fire that can be seen by your rescuers etc etc.
Do you..
A. Take the 'risk' of making a fire which, if not properly looked after, 'could' engulf the whole island and kill everyone living on it.
B. Not use this knowledge knowing the risk is too great of the fire spreading throughout the island.
I am not condoning the taking of such extreme risks as you have describe, but isn't it true that like all new and untried technologies there are
risks, and if we as a race, choose not to take such risks, would this not seriously hold back our development as an advancing technological based
race.
[edit on 6/2/2008 by Freelancer]



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