Vasili Arkhipov Day

David Althaus

Stanislav Petrov is a rather famous person (of course only on Lesswrong, not in the real world).

But there is another Russian who saved the world: Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov.

On this day in 1962, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis Vasili Arkhipov prevented the launch of a nuclear torpedo and thus a possible nuclear war.

It's strange that Petrov attracts much more attention than Arkhipov. E.g. googling "Stanislav Petrov" produces 101.000 results, "Vasili Arkhipov" only 9.040 results. By contrast searching for "Britney Spears" generates about 295.000.000 results. Sorta depressing.

Anyway, let this day be the Vasili Arkhipov Day.

Stanislav Petrov is a rather famous person (of course only on Lesswrong, not in the real world).

But there is another Russian who saved the world: Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov.

On this day in 1962, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis Vasili Arkhipov prevented the launch of a nuclear torpedo and thus a possible nuclear war.

Anyway, let this day be the Vasili Arkhipov Day.

I was in Worcester this summer... I wish I had gone to the Cambridge meetup while I was up there... There isn't one anywhere near Knoxville, TN. And I doubt Tennessee is really full of aspiring rationalists. sigh

And the sunrises and sunsets up there are pretty wonderful. OK. I never saw a sunrise. But the sunsets were nice. :-D

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