(Feb 27, 2017 03:42 AM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: Taking infinite parallel universes into account we can look at both ends of the world war spectrum as possibilities. At one end war is everlasting and at the other, war never occurs. In the latter no one ever becomes a casualty in a war because there just isn't any. Between that and the eternal war are an escalating series of wars, each one a little worse than the other as far as harming human life is concerned. Does this mean that there is never any chance of a world war without casualties in any universe?
at a bit of a lean i can say yes.
based on the pure algorithmic binary symmetry.
is it possible to have a world war ? = yes (most/many/all/majority/collective)
is it possible to engage in warfare that does not kill people ? = yes
is it possible to be engaged in a world war that does not kill people ? yes
is it possible to engage nuclear weapons that does not kill people ? = yes
is it possible to detonate a large yield nuclear device over a large inhabited city that results in no one being killed ? hhmmm... if we had the shield technology to be able to open a worm hole or anti matter interceptor missiles or collapsing quantum wave beam weapons ?
= yes.
what is the statistical probability of that happening ? = fairly small.
FYI did you know that roughly speaking as far as nuclear weapons are concerned
there is roughly enough in active deployment(guessing at subs & silos) to wipe out every capital city in the world somewhere between 40 to 60 times.
additionally as far as things like VX is concerned there is more than enough to wipe out the entire planet if deployed properly.