'I've Studied Nuclear War For 35 Years'

[Khandro]

Talk of nuclear war & even threats of it are becoming commonplace of late, largely due to the Kremlin's resident maniac. But how many of us really understand what even a 'small' nuclear war would actually entail. Curious? well watch this 15 minute TED talk to find out the reality, & btw it was made 5 years ago.

[naomi24]

jno, zacs posted that earlier.

[jno]

oh, so he did, apologies ZM

[davebro]

//would send radiation as far as Burnley with a favourable wind//

I think that might be an UNfavourable wind!

(PS - Burnley was the soot capital of Britain in the cotton boom so could probably survive almost anything!)

[Khandro]

naomi: The smallest nuclear bomb was the W45 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W54
which yielded equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT, the immediate destruction of which is reasonably calculable in distance, but as to the spread of radioactivity & long term effects, who knows?
But if you want to challenge what prof. Toon says in the video, please go ahead.

[naomi24]

Khandro. I haven’t watched the video. I’m saying you appear to be contradicting yourself.

[davebro]

if he can compress 35 years of study into a 15 minute talk he must be a slow learner!

[1ozzy]

Or very gobby

[Khandro]

davebro; //if he can compress 35 years of study into a 15 minute talk he must be a slow learner!//

All TED talks are restricted to a maximum of 18 minutes, I think the rule is so the simple-minded don't get bored.
Were you bored?

[Zacs-Master]

‘ All TED talks are restricted to a maximum of 18 minutes’

Apart from this one
https://www.ted.com/talks/ian_bremmer_war_in_ukraine_and_what_it_means_for_the_world_order

Oh and this one
https://www.ted.com/talks/elon_musk_elon_musk_talks_twitter_tesla_and_how_his_brain_works_live_at_ted2022

And not forgetting this one
https://www.ted.com/talks/anna_malaika_tubbs_the_critical_role_of_black_mothers_and_how_to_support_all_moms

Or this one, even
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_h_pink_4_kinds_of_regret_and_what_they_teach_you_about_yourself

Another example of the utter cobblers you come out with on a daily basis, Khandro.

[DonkeyHoaty]

When I was younger, watching the end of this film told you everything you needed to know about global thermonuclear war.

[Khandro]

Zacsthesmartarse,:After all that digging around:

TEDx talk format:

Modeled after the TED format, TEDx events consist of a series of short, carefully prepared talks, demonstrations, and performances on a wide range of subjects.
TEDx talks should be less than 18 minutes long and are typically delivered by a single presenter. Any video submitted outside of this format may not be published on the TEDx YouTube channel.
No panels or audience Q&A are permitted.
Breakouts and workshops are permitted at TEDx events, but must be held outside of stage sessions.
https://www.ted.com/participate/organize-a-local-tedx-event/before-you-start/tedx-rules#:~:text=TEDx%20talk%20format%3A&text=TEDx%20talks%20should%20be%20less,or%20audience%20Q%26A%20are%20permitted.

[Zacs-Master]

You were wrong. Get over it. Learn a lesson and move on.

[Khandro]

What ! ?

[Zacs-Master]

Khandro, i sometimes think you live in some sort of alternative universe where what you write doesn't really matter.

You wrote the catagorical statement 'All TED talks are restricted to a maximum of 18 minutes'. Note 'some' not 'many'.......'all'.

I proved that you were wrong (by posting several TED talks which are longer than 18 mins) but you still chose to try to make some tangential, irrelevant point to save face.

I hope that's clear enough for you now.

[Khandro]

Zacs; You obviously have no idea about academic life. When a University or institution asks a speaker to restrict their presentation, lecture, or whatever to a set length, in this case the 18 minutes as Tedx does, - & I have even given their rules in writing for you- it is not possible to enforce that rule, because most speakers including this one are ad-libbing & cannot adhere exactly to that time.

What the hell you are trying to prove by this prolongation I don't know, but you are beginning to look very foolish with this clearly ad hominem constant attack.

[Zacs-Master]

I'm looking foolish am I? I'm not the one who stated, categorically, that all TED talks were limited to 18 minutes long which I proved to be completely incorrect.

I think you may have failed to make the distinction between TED talks and the TEDx platform and subsequently tied yourself in knots.
https://speakerflow.com/whats-the-difference-between-ted-and-tedx-talks/#:~:text=The%20only%20thing%20you%20have,designed%20for%20smaller%2C%20local%20audiences.

'You obviously have no idea about academic life' Erm.......

[New Judge]

What intrigues me somewhat is that this gentleman has spent 35 years studying nuclear war. There have only been two nuclear weapons deployed in the entire history of mankind. How would this take 35 years to study?

[Khandro]

NJ: I don't think he means continuously

[Khandro]

p.s. There's a lot of books on the subject, a few here:
https://shepherd.com/best-books/preventing-nuclear-war

[New Judge]

//NJ: I don't think he means continuously//

No I didn't think that, Khandro. But I should have thought an hour would be sufficient. Perhaps two at the most. I can imagine studying something like the influence the Tudor dynasty has on modern day Britain may be half a lifetime's work. After all, there's well over 100 years of intrigue, backstabbing and other shenanigans to look at. But two bombs dropped within a few days, well documented and within the memory of some people still alive?