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Old 22-May-2008, 06:43 PM
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Um...read an account of the event. They were absolutely not sure they wouldn't ignite the atmosphere. I grant you they were fairly sure...but is that good enough?
On this one point, can you site a reference that they were not sure. I have cited one that they were.

As far as the discussion about how to evaluate potentially globally dangerous human actions, you and I were discussing it earlier (I gave the example of nuclear weapons and MAD) - I still think it worthy of a seperate discussion.
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