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    If all the money, time, and engineering that goes into designing and making stuff for killing people were used for helping people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mwmkravchenko View Post
    If all the money, time, and engineering that goes into designing and making stuff for killing people were used for helping people.

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    -Someone once said. But what would be the fun in that?
    Another way to look at it. If war is ever made obsolete the human population of this planet will become extinct within a few generations due to complacency.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    -Someone once said. But what would be the fun in that?
    Another way to look at it. If war is ever made obsolete the human population of this planet will become extinct within a few generations due to complacency.
    I think it would be more interesting to test that idea Frank. Peace may become addictive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mwmkravchenko View Post
    I think it would be more interesting to test that idea Frank. Peace may become addictive.

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    It might be at that, but it probably will never happen as long as humanity thinks we are the only sentient beings in the universe (1), and are driven by greed, power, corruption, politics, religion, and a host of other human failings.
    (1) is humanity even sentient?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mwmkravchenko View Post
    If all the money, time, and engineering that goes into designing and making stuff for killing people were used for helping people.

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    A significant amount of that time, money, and engineering created and accelerated development of many things that did end up helping people:

    Computers and related technology, including the Internet
    Food preservation
    Metallurgy
    Plastics
    Non-military explosives
    Emergency medicine
    Mass production of medicines like quinine and penicillin
    Jet engines
    GPS
    Paint and other protective coatings
    Recycling
    Nuclear technology, eventually adapted for power generation and medical use
    Digital photography
    Radio technology
    Radar
    Sonar
    Microwave ovens
    Some kind of adhesive strip used to prevent water intrusion on things like ammo boxes, can't remember the name of that product
    NASA and all of their wonderful inventions during the Cold War

    Sadly, the cost of this progress was far more than just money and time due to the parts of human nature that are greed and ego, which sometimes leads to war. Maybe some day we will get out of that cycle.



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