> Nuclear weaponry has been successful in preventing further destructive wars on the scale of WW2.
This will unfortunately remain true only until a nuclear war does break out. After such a moment, the few that survive may say "if only nuclear weapons weren't invented, we could have had another WW2 instead of this disaster".
The other arguments about nuclear physics that you make are much more convincing as an unmitigated good.
This will unfortunately remain true only until a nuclear war does break out. After such a moment, the few that survive may say "if only nuclear weapons weren't invented, we could have had another WW2 instead of this disaster".
The other arguments about nuclear physics that you make are much more convincing as an unmitigated good.