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Yeah, nuclear weapons have barely hurt anyone. Only a very small percentage of people have even been killed by one. People die more often from pigeon attacks, or falling coconuts, than from a nuclear strike (or nuclear radiation fallout from military testing grounds). Certainly not the worst invention ever; maybe the worst imaginable scenario if the inventions of them were use to their full potential - yes, that is indeed grim.
another best / worst deal: the invention of the robot (and all that entails if it is ever given suffice sentience). The idea of a robot is worse the reality of them, really, as the best that they do is manufacture your cars, your clothes, and the grocery store food that you eat.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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