Well, that was what in fact happened. But what could have happened was perhaps a nuclear war leading to “significant curtailment of humankind’s potential”.
cousin_it’s point was that perhaps we should not even begin the arms race.
Consider the Terminator scenario where they send the terminator back in time to fix things, but this sending back of the terminator is precisely what provided the past with the technology that will eventually lead to the cataclysm in the first place.
Well, that was what in fact happened. But what could have happened was perhaps a nuclear war leading to “significant curtailment of humankind’s potential”.
cousin_it’s point was that perhaps we should not even begin the arms race.
Consider the Terminator scenario where they send the terminator back in time to fix things, but this sending back of the terminator is precisely what provided the past with the technology that will eventually lead to the cataclysm in the first place.
EDIT: included Terminator scenario