ygert comments on A brief history of ethically concerned scientists - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ygert 12 February 2013 05:17:37PM 2 points [-]

Well, one could argue that the biggest advance in military technology (nuclear weapons) vastly decreased the number of deaths in wars were it was involved. That is, far fewer people died from the Cold War then from World War II. So to that extent, the military technology actually changed the number of deaths down.