It may literally turn out that a Hottentot, an educated and literate Hottentot it is true, but one who is a member of a relatively primitive society, would be able to make bombs.

From a scientific perspective there is some indication that a nuclear war could deplete the earth's ozone layer or, less likely, could bring on a new Ice Age - but there is no suggestion that either the created order or mankind would be destroyed in the process.

Failures of perspective in decision-making can be due to aspects of the social utility paradox, but more often result from simple mistakes caused by inadequate thought.

World War I broke out largely because of an arms race, and World War II because of the lack of an arms race.

Authority is not power; that's coercion. Authority is not knowledge; that's persuasion, or seduction. Authority is simply that the author has the right to make a statement and to be heard.

Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity.

Nuclear weapons are intrinsically neither moral nor immoral, though they are more prone to immoral use than most weapons.