SEED asks, I answer  The grand overlords behind ScienceBlogs are
asking us:   That’s simple, atomic weapons. Not only for the
damage they have cause, but for the perpetual state of fear they
put us in because of the morons responsible for making the
decisions regarding their use.     1. #1 steve s     May 5, 2006
I don’t know that nuclear weapons haven’t reduced the number of
deaths. The technology I’d uninvent is DRM.    2. #2 RPM     May
5, 2006      In case people are wondering (as I was), DRM refers
to digital rights management.    3. #3 Corkscrew     May 6, 2006
On the other hand, nuclear weapons did pretty much make
redundant all conventional weapons. They meant that Russia and
America had to have a go at it via proxies, rather than face-to-
face (as they would have done in a previous century). We could
have had Pelopponesian War #2* here without nukes.    4. #4
Roman Werpachowski     May 6, 2006      Without nuclear weapons,
the end of the WW II in Pacific would be much bloodier than it
was.