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You are correct Robin. I missed your qualification in the first paragraph.

My mommy called me Robin, actually. When I was 12 or 13 I insisted on being called Robert. I now half-wish I hadn't.

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TGGP, yes we have no data on the rate of extremely large wars with and without nuclear weapons. Nevertheless, it seems plausible to me that nuclear weapons increase the chances of extremely damaging wars, whatever else they do to smaller wars.

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