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Flying Mars rocks to Earth could cost an astronomical $11 billion (www.nature.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure that if we, as a specie, stopped wasting money to kill each other, we could give food, shelter, healthcare and education to each of us.

And there would still be enough money left to found this kind of scientific projetcs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, but game theory says no: The Game Theory Of Military Spending (Economics Explained) [13:58]

[–] Ubermeisters 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. But there's always the risk that that one entity doesn't switch gears and then they have the strongest military and can fuck everybody up always.