Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Monday, October 22, 2007 12:11:32 PM
"America can be attacked anonymously. The enemies of America know this to be true; therefore they want nuclear weapons technology to spread throughout the world."
The Logic of Nuclear Proliferation
by J. R. Nyquist
We can look back and see the past. But who can see the future? The way ahead is often very different than we imagine. The past is firmly set, known to memory and accessible to reflection. The future, into which we plunge day to day, is a question mark. We crave certainty about the future. We seek answers that will calm our fears and reassure our hopes. To this end men and women throughout history have sought the advice of astrologers, seers and psychics. They have consulted oracles. On the more scientific side the quantifiers have measured increases and decreases in population, wealth and opinion, sometimes giving the impression that change advances continuously and steadily in the same direction.
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