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Military/Defense News / Re: WILL FEARLESS AND TIRELESS ROBOTS LEAD TO MORE TERRIFYING WARS?
« Last post by Smokin Joe on Today at 07:33:23 pm »The lower the perceived individual risk, the more willing an individual is to engage in risky behaviour.
Despite crumple zones, air bags, seat belts, etc. which nearly guarantee walking away from a mid energy collision, people still manage to die at a phenomenal rate on the nations highways, driving in a manner which would have been considered patently insane in the days of steel dashboards and unrestrained occupants.
Now, apply that principle to warfare...with more destructive devices than ever, short of nukes, and even those might be more likely to be unleashed against a non-human target.
Despite crumple zones, air bags, seat belts, etc. which nearly guarantee walking away from a mid energy collision, people still manage to die at a phenomenal rate on the nations highways, driving in a manner which would have been considered patently insane in the days of steel dashboards and unrestrained occupants.
Now, apply that principle to warfare...with more destructive devices than ever, short of nukes, and even those might be more likely to be unleashed against a non-human target.