SGTWhiteKY
SGTWhiteKY t1_iynzl8x wrote
Reply to comment by grundar in Is it possible that nuclear defense technologies will surpass the abilities of nuclear weapons in the future, rendering them near useless? by Wide-Escape-5618
People often think MAD means that every life in the planet will cease. This is false. It is that every major country will fail. There would absolutely be survivors, maybe even a thriving world again. But the destruction of the governments involved in a nuclear exchange is assured.
SGTWhiteKY t1_iynz7c7 wrote
Reply to comment by StreetSmartsGaming in Is it possible that nuclear defense technologies will surpass the abilities of nuclear weapons in the future, rendering them near useless? by Wide-Escape-5618
No one has added new weapons in a while. And much of all countries nuclear stockpile is dated, and much of it is nonfunctional. Hell, Russia has been taking nuclear warheads out of cruise missiles for use in their current conflict.
SGTWhiteKY t1_j730yqm wrote
Reply to comment by Goodgoditsgrowing in Back in the late 90s, I remember hearing that scientists “cloned a sheep”. What actually happened with the cloning, and what advancements have been made as a result of that? by foxmag86
You got it backwards. They want to eliminate the natural variation to test many different formulas for their treatment. Without clones, it is impossibly to be completely sure if the effects of different formulas are caused by them being different formulas, or the each person’s body just reacted differently.
It would be incredible because you could choose a group of monkeys that have genetic traits you want to test, then clone all of them so that you have multiple of the exact same test environment to test different treatments. It would push medicine rapidly.