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>(...)Neumann was quoted as saying "If you say why not bomb [the Soviets] tomorrow, I say, why not today? If you say today at five o'clock, I say why not one o'clock?"
How can a mind that so excelled in one area fail so greviously in another?

>> No.8361072

>>8361071
>you in charge of understanding the quoted sentence

he was based entirely

>> No.8361080

>>8361071

lists of most bombalicous places in the world:

>Africa
>Middle East
>Russia

>> No.8361081

Von Neumannlet came from a long line of wealthy Jewish bankers no shit he'd hate communism.

>> No.8361083

>>8361071
The brain has finite resources.

That's like asking why track runners arent good at boxing.

>> No.8361087

>>8361071
>act reasonably
>USSR knows no reasonably person would turn the launch keys
>get nuked

>act irrationally
>USSR now in constant fear of imminent launch
>both parties remain in stalemate

The best way to prevent nuclear war is to always be on the verge of nuclear war.

>> No.8361203

>>8361081
He wasn't a manlet though.

>> No.8361205

>>8361083
>Implying you're smarter than Neumann.

>> No.8361210

>>8361071

von Neumann was also a Jewish-turned Catholic whose final conclusion was that 'Pascal had a point.' He was bffs with Godel, the guy who thought he proved God to be real.

That probably hurts some of your angsty college-aged bums, doesn't it?

>> No.8361243

>>8361071
>Ben Carson thought that the Pyramids were used to store grain.
How can a mind that so excelled in one area fail so grievously in another?

>> No.8361640

>>8361071
>This thread entirely missing the subtlety that defines the MAD theory von Neumann developed

Why not do it today? Because then you'll get retaliated upon. Hence, you'll never do it.

>> No.8361674

>>8361087
And how was the irrational/rational precedent set/would be set?

>> No.8361705

>>8361087
>both parties remain in stalemate
>best way to prevent nuclear war is to always be on the verge of nuclear war

you have no idea how many times we were """""this""""" close to accidentally starting the nuclear war, have you?

idiot

>> No.8361711

>>8361243
too many Civ 3 games

>> No.8361726

>>8361071
>"How can a mind"
Is that even a question?

How can a mind as great as that of (insert fat physicist) not be able to run as fast as Usain Bolt? It's just another part of the body, just as Neumanns scientific thinking was part of another part of the brain than his other types of thinking.

Source: my father is a piece of shit but holds down a PhD in physics.

>> No.8361941

>>8361210
Appealing to authority? Nice sophism mate.