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The '''Twin Nuclei Problem of Cell and Atom''' is the recognition that having gained the power to manipulate genetic and atomic nuclei between 1952 and 1953, humanity is now in possession of unprecedented destructive power, and thus capable of self-extinction. All human civilization is now one massive correlated experiment, and any sufficiently large event may be enough to end it.
The '''Twin Nuclei Problem of Cell and Atom''' is the recognition that having gained the power to manipulate genetic and atomic nuclei between 1952 and 1953, humanity is now in possession of unprecedented destructive power, and thus capable of self-extinction. All human civilization is now one massive correlated experiment, and any sufficiently large event may be enough to end it. That such an event has not yet occurred is largely a function of luck, and as evidenced by recent events such as the Coronavirus Pandemic, that luck is fragile and running out.  


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This operation of society characterized by magical thinking, that nothing truly bad can happen, is called [[The Big Nap]].
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== Solution Decision Tree ==
== Solution Decision Tree ==
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* We establish universal surveillance so no surprises can occur.
* We establish universal surveillance so no surprises can occur.
* We shortly terminate.
* We shortly terminate.
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== Eric's Explanation from Discord ==
== Eric's Explanation from Discord ==
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* [[Science, The Endless Frontier]]
* [[Science, The Endless Frontier]]
* [[Science Since Babylon]]
* [[Science Since Babylon]]
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