I've studied nuclear war for 35 years -- you should be worried. | Brian Toon | TEDxMileHigh

For the first time in decades, it's hard to ignore the threat of nuclear war. But as long as you're far from the blast, you're safe, right? Wrong. In this sobering talk, atmospheric scientist Brian Toon explains how even a small nuclear war could destroy all life on earth -- and what we can do to prevent it. A professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Colorado-Boulder, Brian Toon investigates the causes of the ozone hole, how volcanic eruptions alter the climate, how ancient Mars had flowing rivers, and the environmental impacts of nuclear war. He contributed to the U.N.’s Nobel Peace Prize for climate change and holds numerous scientific awards, including two NASA medals for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. He is an avid woodworker. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@sabinajyrkinen9842]

"We're just one misunderstanding, one mistake, or one fanatic politician away from a nuclear conflict" hits a bit too close to home under current circumstances

[@PredatorVersusAlien]

Putin goes BRRRRR. But when we can deal with North Korea, we can deal with a dwarf who has a dream of a new USSR

[@DeepEye1994]

I will say that even though the image of Russia has been embittered by the recent events, don't fear nuclear annihilation. Remember that in history two Russian men, Vasily Arkhipov in 1962 and Stanislav Petrov in 1983 prevented WW3 from happening. I believe it's because their loyalty was with the human race and not their country.

[@Guizambaldi]

You Finns could invade St. Petersburg with your hockey sticks.

[@MR-theoneandonly]

@@DeepEye1994 the greatest heros nearly no one knows :(

[@jacobsinger97]

Not happening :/ pffft unless other big 4 countries attack putin

[@rjsmith6698]

I’ve studied nuclear war for 5 minutes, and I already knew we should be worried.

[@eriklarson9137]

Right? What a moronic title. Everything has to be click-baity. SO embarrassing.

[@sammy4538]

Then again, this 5 minute study was propably atleast partially based on the information, that this guy and many others alike decades ago found out, after years of intense research... as the speaker said, he was one of those scientists back then, that got the current leaders to understand what they have in their hands... The reason of this being headlined like this right now, is maybe not only gettting views, but because seems like it is now more important in long time, again to raise awareness of this. Mentioned "35 years" means only, the guy really knows what he is talking about, even though the results and conclusions he and others made back then, are not so new info anymore...

[@onesong2001]

I've studied it for 10-minutes I'm telling you It's twice as bad as you think! Previously I had only seen videos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki so I thought nuclear war was great.

[@bigd3087]

Three movies of the 80s (The Day After, Threads, and Countdown to Looking Glass) pretty much told me that nuclear war would not end well.

[@mikesnyder24]

@@bigd3087 Yes and the movie Click told me I can control time with a remote control hahahaha

[@dierdrebolton6806]

I’m 60 I’ve had 3/4 of my life, but just got my first born grandson- he deserves his time on earth 😢

[@magnusnielsen1972]

“You should be worried” - Being worried helps nothing. We can’t do anything.

[@CassidyPresley]

Only God........foretells the futher, a futher of destruction and doom. Nation against Nation........kingdom against kingdom.........may God have mercy over our souls.

[@scienceornot]

China and Russia built nukepruf while internationalists signed contract(s) to shed most Americans from the planet. Praise bobear

[@marktinker9587]

@@CassidyPresley Amen, and Amen. If they think this would be bad for the Earth, wait until they see what Jesus is going to do to it... :)

[@S_Shant]

@@marktinker9587 Jesus is already dead. He can’t do anything.

[@kazkaskazkas8689]

Yeah. If you're an ordinary citizen, paying taxes and abiding the law, you have no power to influence these decisions. Millions of citizens, able to organize and willing to break some existing laws could perhaps do something in one country or another.

[@agentd36]

Finally, something calm and relaxing I can watch.

[@bigzup]

😇

[@trottyong]

Thank god governments never get anything wrong…..

[@singlegrainofsand]

LMAO 🤣

[@GeorgePreduca]

Hillarious, bro!

[@pancho6148]

💀💀💀

[@johndifrancisco3642]

I'm still keeping an old school desk around just in case.

[@chrischavez6650]

John Di Francisco underrated comment

[@extremelycareless2541]

you won't believe it..............I said the same thing on another site.

[@zfern3881]

Duck and cover

[@ForbiddTV]

Funny, but believe it or not, the old Duck and Cover would have saved countless lives if we were ever attacked and would still be useful to teach children today.

[@zfern3881]

ForbiddTV um. Considering the nuclear power everybody has, A desk is not going to protect an attack from even the smallest nuke.

[@TrustworthyExpert]

Well this video was 5 years ago. Turns out we are just fine, no threat of nuclear war at all.

[@EstefanSanMartin]

Putin has threatened nuclear war several times.

[@AnythingThomas]

one word... "Russia"

[@TerdBerkly]

Another word..."China"

[@AnythingThomas]

@@TerdBerkly Well technically yes they are building weapons of mass destruction but we shouldn't be worried in 2024 about them - give it 5 years then we have both of them to worry about lmaoo

[@mrwhite1765]

Iran have just threatened a nuclear war… you people asleep

[@jelambertson]

There is absolutely no point in worrying. It’s just like worrying about anything else that you have no control whatsoever about.

[@nihilath8015]

My grandfather always compared the Cold War and the threat of nuclear war to two men in a pool of gasoline with lit matches held above their heads, daring the other to drop the match.

[@gorillacookies3171]

That’s a Carl Sagan quote your Grandpa must have been a fan. Or is your grandpa Carl Sagan?

[@googooboyy]

Wait, don't gasoline vaporize? Then those lit matches would have blown everything up without being thrown anyways.

[@nothingbutlove4886]

@@googooboyy then they dare each other to light the matches

[@equi1380]

@@googooboyy this may be how it is right now.

[@jamespsyfer]

@@googooboyy I remember reading article in newspaper years ago… two boys about 14 … they got into some kind of warehouse and tipped over barrel/ container of gasoline and one of them struck a match…. probably assuming like in the movies that you have to drop said match on the ground…as you say Mar Larson the fumes catch fire in the air apparently. I think at least one of them lived … but truly horrific life changing injuries/burns.

[@orionp8242]

My mother always used to say, if there's a nuclear war I hope the first missile lands on my head.

[@crazygamerxtreme1610]

I agree with your mother I rather be instantly vaporized than face the harrowing aftermath

[@TheAmitkumar2010]

wise lady

[@beedee9534]

Me my balls they always itch

[@stuartbuffery2553]

Same here with my Dad

[@Romanusmilus]

Nuclear warheads generally detonate above the surface of the earth for maximum kill radius. In theory if you can be underground directly under the missile and can avoid being sucked up into the vacuum, you could in theory survive...But I doubt it.

[@davidvenable9257]

I've been living with this for sixty seven years ... and have nothing to say.

[@teriliebmann5157]

At 67 I've learned we can't stop anything the last 2 crazy years have reinforced my thoughts. Enjoy what life we may have left and hope n pray my Great grand and grand children may have a good life and their generation will change this craziness 🙏

[@chrismullin8304]

I thought your generation was supposed to fix it? Don’t be kickin’ the can!

[@teriliebmann5157]

@@chrismullin8304 I thought so too🤷

[@mchapman2424]

If "we cant stop anything" than what is hoping and praying for your grand children going to do?

[@teriliebmann5157]

@@mchapman2424 we can't but God can so I pray

[@polimana]

your generation created this problem for us, just like your generation created all of the problems we face today. and you perpetuate these problems by raising your hands up, saying "Oh, well! Good luck fixing our mess! I'm praying for you!" You are not washing your hands of this, you're still alive and you still have the power to do something to help my generation, your grand children and great grandchildren. Do something. If you actually care about us and our future, do something.

[@petergreen2552]

Einstein said "Man invented the atomic bomb,but a mouse would never have come up with a mouse trap".

[@frankfranksen7467]

Because they are Not "smart" enough...

[@arvindgupta4271]

😂😂

[@steadier2823]

Peter Green this is such a good point

[@mhazg6621]

@@frankfranksen7467 yeah we created nukes, because we are smart to doom us

[@bigslappy2483]

Maybe because mice aren't humans..? This analogy is confusing.

[@ShadyRonin]

Me: reads news that Russia invaded Ukraine KZbin algorithm: You’d enjoy this Ted Talk too!

[@beatsalgado]

Damn

[@hqppyfeet7513]

Us in 2 months: I slept for 12 hours, where's the sun?

[@alexandraceribelli1794]

Same

[@dilqna100]

exactly!

[@joelstephenson8017]

Frr

[@jeffkilgore6320]

He is very knowledgeable and has delivered a great message. I’m torn as to whether he’s made nuclear war seem more likely than not. We’ve had the most delusional leaders imaginable and yet, no bomb. Hopefully, world leaders know the horrific outcomes that nuclear war would create.

[@1977Arrakis]

What we haven't seen yet is a psychopath with no hope of winning, who still has the capacity and authority to launch a large number of nuclear missiles.

[@marktinker9587]

They have been saying this since the creation of the bomb.

[@casper8464]

read about caligula

[@casper8464]

@@marktinker9587 they've been telling people fire is dangerous too, for centuries. Doesn't stop people from burning down their house, by accident.

[@marktinker9587]

@@casper8464 I fail to see the relation. People use fire everyday.

[@blackwatertv7018]

Man this aged well

[@ProgrammedForDamage]

Thank God I live in Australia, where we don't actually exist.

[@hoffer54]

May I come "down under" with you?

[@DionysusVoice]

Might want to read "On the Beach." Considering how much radioactive dust would be carried on the global winds, you wouldn't be safe. Just sayin' -- we're all in this together, like it or not.

[@olliewhitham6084]

@@DionysusVoice considering australia doesnt exist there is no way i can read that book

[@stephaniedeklerk2527]

DionysusVoice everyone will be affected, how horrifying

[@Joker-yg2jc]

ProgrammedForDamage can I come over?

[@handicapitation3250]

"I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -Albert Einstein

[@GoteeDevotee]

Oh right, that old quote again.

[@jamesgoodwin2450]

I’ve studied nuclear war for 35 years......sorry mate looks like you’ve wasted your time

[@Cavallaro2376]

That old quote is on point.

[@nyidamarsagiri9300]

@@jamesgoodwin2450 no it wasnt, I bet he repents a looot ....

[@S2841]

I just always wonder about WW V.

[@SeanVito]

Everyone sweeps it under the rug because if it DOES happen, there is no hope anyways. Better to pretend it's not a problem and get on with our lives. But, people should be reminded of the potential danger every generation so we don't forget the power they hold and maintain responsibility throughout the future.

[@shaec3405]

Today.... This is scarier than EVER

[@sosig8332]

“I’ve studied nuclear weapons for 35 years, you could say that it’s taken up my half-life”

[@siliasporter4424]

Hahahaha

[@dpar68]

😂

[@susysamalex]

Wha wha wha whaaaaassaa!

[@torrace12]

funny haha

[@perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467]

I see what you did there.....

[@MrDlt123]

One thing I learned last year; if I survive a nuclear war, I need to quickly stock up on toilet paper.

[@cockatooinsunglasses7492]

Nice bird.

[@AnoNymInvestor]

@Darrin Nunyah haha 😂

[@Edwinoo]

Smirt

[@johnruiz6743]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@johnruiz6743]

Just get a bidet now! 🤣

[@Rackzzzzzzz]

“We gotta wake them up before they sleep walk into a nuclear disaster” that aged well😂😂😂

[@robertcumming9227]

Like milk

[@JB-pp1kt]

Putin hasn’t used nukes at all so Idk why y’all think this didn’t age well.. I think Putin knows already that if he used a bomb then WW3 is on the horizon and he understands the consequences that would bring.

[@ambarishneog123]

This suddenly pops in my timeline as Russia-ukraine conflict tension rises.

[@danielmcgillis270]

I know right?

[@ambarishneog123]

@@servantofthemosthigh7443 biological weapon wud do efficiently.. Was covid virus just a test subject?

[@JerrysJets]

@@servantofthemosthigh7443 A nuclear winter would effectively destroy the Earth and the majority of the species on the Earth. Global warming wouldn't matter at that point since everything with life would already be dead.

[@purewaterswva.5409]

Damn, same exact thing

[@shermy0628]

Yikes, same here

[@danparish1344]

It wouldn’t be so scary if weren’t for the fact that psychopaths are so good at reaching positions of power.

[@rokyericksonroks]

Russia secured its uranium stockpile from US sources. Does anyone care to ask Hilary how that happened? No, we take solace knowing that if we are annihilated it will be from our own nuclear materials.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

It's not that psychopaths are good at reaching positions of power. It's that positions of power are good at creating psychopaths.

[@eronic404]

@Daniel Morris nah, it's known that physopaths or sociopaths are good at obtaining high positions in power because of their manipulating ways. I've seen it my whole life and never understood, from presidents to bosses at jobs to principles at schools to celebrities to business owners, and I'm only 19. Seems like the world just kneels to people like that and let them do whatever they want until it's too late, then complain when they are way too far in power. Ever once in a while, you get some good ones, but the worst always seem to come right behind them.

[@WeAreJungians]

@@SomeKZbinTraveler I don't think theres any evidence to claim that the positions of power are what create psychopaths. By that logic, everyone who gains power would become a psychopath and there have been plenty of people throughout history who had tremendous power and did amazing work with that power.

[@TheNovica]

This bugs me to no end. But I do not blame psychopats really, I blame people. Superficial charm and offering of quick solutions coupled with hyperinflation of events and pseudoevents plus poor eduction on most subjects of the voters and there you have it, perfect storm.

[@En-of5oh]

People need to listen to this now, especially people of war decision maker, whether it's strategic nuclear war or traditional war.

[@callamastia]

oh man why does this feel like one of those ted talks people replay in the future saying stuff like "we should've listened"

[@johnlawrence7386]

I've studied education for the last 5 years, the idiots we are turning out worries me.

[@wolfofautumnnight]

“I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers.” - John D. Rockefeller

[@agracefulfox6252]

@@wolfofautumnnight Can you work without thinking?

[@wolfofautumnnight]

@@agracefulfox6252 yes, I've done it. The pack line at Amazon takes zero thought. One night I was already up over 24 hours before I stared my 10 hour shift. I was working hazmat singles which are small items, most of which THAT night fit in either A1 or A3 boxes. A manager gave me Amazon swag because I let him watch me package an order with my eyes shut. I only had to look to scan the item and put the SP00 on the side of the box. Most of the time spend that night was in a state of micro sleep with my eyes closed. Package 2000 packages a day for 3 years and your body can go on auto pilot while you get lost in your own head as well. Anyway, that is not the point of the quote, to rephrase it into something that would more easily get his meaning across, you could say "I do not want a nation of intellectuals, I want a nation of laborers ".

[@agracefulfox6252]

@@wolfofautumnnight Okay I'm sorry

[@wolfofautumnnight]

@@agracefulfox6252 seriously though, click the KZbin link. It is a documentary called "inequality for all". IMO this should be required viewing your last year in high school. I would like to know what you think about the information it contains, information you can easily varify.

[@cnobillbradley9673]

I am 68. Former Navy. I'm not afraid to die. What makes me cry though is the thought of my children and my grand children may not get to live a full and worthwhile life.

[@jhead2007]

I hear you Sailor but the world in it's entirety is basically blown to oblivion and you don't want them around worried about the "human beings" that remain. As a Navy man like myself, you know the arsenal we have on those SSBNs. It'll be OVER.

[@stefrozitis8621]

Yes I am worried about ne next generations too :(

[@618GOLDENRATIO]

They will be in good company, Jesus

[@alienagent8819]

Not very good world now.

[@geraldwalker2612]

I'm 73 former Navy. I'm still a little dicey on this dying stuff though,but I also have the same dread regarding the quality of life for my children and grandchildren nuclear war or not. "Carry on lad"

[@tammiwoodbury4545]

Thanks for saying the truth that nobody wants to here.God bless us all!

[@Segomi]

thank you so much for this informative video! I’m gonna sleep so peacefully tonight.

[@palhenrikvelde3227]

Alien 1: The humans have created nuclear weapons. Alien 2: So they are intelligent? Alien 1: I wouldnt go that far,, they have pointed them at themselves!

[@markszlazak]

Arms industries want profits from making these.

[@stellaq3306]

Pål Henrik Velde 😂 haha yeh 😳

[@seanm7539]

🤣🤣🤣Sad but true

[@shanghunter7697]

@@markszlazak Yes sir ! EVERYTHING is about money and most of the pain and suffering in the world that the people endure is due to a paper product.

[@akj3344]

I have read this somewhere before.

[@xtrnuno41]

It is a good thing we had people like Stanislav Petrov. A man who may have saved the world in 1983. It was his job to report if there was an attack on USSR. The system reported an attack and he didnt report to supervisors, due to thinking it would be an error of the system and it turnend out, it was. The right man at the right place at the right time. Respect for this man.

[@Xover112]

And now you have Biden in US office who can mistake red button with something else.

[@theeelite8618]

@@Xover112 same with Putin who think it’s powerful to doom himself (humanity )

[@Xover112]

@@theeelite8618 If Putin really wanted nuclear war he would just drop it on US for supplying weapons instead of warning them many times, but because US is provoking Russia every day, dont be surprized if Russia actually use nuclear bomb [maybe in smaller scale]

[@lorcis1]

@@Xover112 for a cheese sandwich

[@rubenproost2552]

He got fired for that.

[@lindayoung58]

Thank you sir...I hope your caution reverberates loudly, as yet now in 2022 'we' edge closer to such a costly 'fate'. I think I'm jaded because what touches a chord in me is that the innocent wild local metro sparrows and 4 squirrels I visit with for their 'snack-time' would suffer, as did the dinosaurs, due to no fault of their doing.

[@TheTnndsbrkdas]

Why don't you make them a bunker then?

[@lindayoung58]

@@TheTnndsbrkdas I'm waiting for the squirrels to at least hibernate for this current season- their 'treats' are getting expensive. 😆 I'll suggest 'bunkering' to them

[@HoanZone]

From pandemic to nuclear winter ..... Just when we thought it couldn't get worse

[@Am0ment0fB]

Or are you just now thinking it can't get worse. My guess is astroid attack or alien overlords arrive. Ha.

[@drengr2759]

@@Am0ment0fB the alien overlords will either save us from ourselves or put us out of our misery.

[@ssroudyss9432]

@@drengr2759 there are no alien overlords it's operation bluebeam

[@saranciuc7717]

@@SimplyMe392 yeah, what the f£&k is going on… can’t understand what’s wrong with these people.

[@LordIvor6]

@@SimplyMe392 Tingling with anticipation. It gets worse before it gets better they say.

[@neisanland2503]

if theres ever a nuclear war, I just hope to die without feeling the pain. thats it.

[@Toix]

Neisan Land that’s if it unfortunately gets me, but if there is one I’m instantly packing my things me and my gf are off to Africa or South America or News Zealand or Australia, I just hope a nuclear war never happens whatsoever, nuclear warfare is something that has a high price to pay, too high.

[@neisanland2503]

@@Toix if you were given a warning yes we would be packing and going, but if warning is not given we are all done for.

[@Arch3an]

Unfortunately, it might be unlikely, unless you live near a high priority targeted city. If you're not close enough to get vaporized by the blast, you'll be burned, blind, and then dying. That's if you're in the range of the shockwave, and initial flash. If you're not, then you're likely to die a slow death of radiation poisoning, which is pretty horrible from what I've heard.

[@neisanland2503]

@@Arch3an yikes dude, thanks for the info of pain.

[@maryshaffer8474]

Be like Hitler's Generals and have a fast acting suicide capsule ready.

[@davidrobinson5265]

We are very close to this, and it feels right now that it’s likely to happen😢

[@davidrobinson5265]

@Alexei Smirnoff I hope you are right, I have not done any studies on it, but rest assured that the Americans didn’t do this in WW2 in Japan, they made it and went and dropped it.

[@jamesday5636]

My dad was an NCO in the USAF. We lived in a trailer park outside Moody AFB GA. The Cuban Crisis of 1962 is the closest we ever came to nuclear war. He was on stand by and sleeping at the hanger for 3 days. It was a Russian submarine commander who during the fog of war with no communication decided to 'stand down' and await to see if the USA had really launched before launching on Miami.... that's how close....

[@rustyclark371]

Very smart decision. That commander was a hero that day by simply doing nothing.

[@nodus7853]

I sometimes just think about the shear death... the monumental amount of innocent people killed in an instant, children, woman and men all the same... I almost break down into tears thinking about it.

[@saliva16127]

Is that the K - 19 submarine ?

[@Francisco-FX]

@@nodus7853 that's what the usa did in hiroshima and nagasaki

[@catinacube9927]

@@Francisco-FX last I checked Hiroshima was mostly Military personnel. (Please stop responding to this comment I was wrong)

[@littlemac8673]

"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"

[@joeblow6478]

War Games is one of my favorite movies. Thanks for the quote.

[@nightfangs2910]

MGTOW 😎😎😎

[@dvdrwsor]

Or, your best 10 soldiers against his best 10 soldiers, in a paintball battle.

[@paulcrisp9861]

Of course there can be acceptable losses with a nuclear war, in other words we don't care for the consequences. It's just a war game right ? No winners no losers right?☢☢🙏🙏 Feb 2020

[@Pintkonan]

1.d4

[@mluminoth6379]

The Hegelian Dialectic: Find your goal> Create a problem in opposition to the goal and advertise it> Offer the common people the solution to the created problem> Control the solution to the problem.

[@stuartdoyle99]

I’m praying like crazy that nothing like this happens especially with what’s been happening recently

[@thegalhorowitz]

Hearing how Putin is terminally ill and perhaps on steroids...Im slightly worried, hopefully his oligarchs have a plan to stop him! Suicidal senile man with nothing to lose...

[@Alsaca]

Same

[@foreignwarren7361]

@@thegalhorowitz thats nonsense there is no proof he is.

[@MikeFLeyva]

Look now

[@mjh5437]

@@thegalhorowitz TWO Senile men.

[@bboy7656]

"Theres only one Thing worse than dying in a nuclear attack.. Surviving."-children of the dust 1986 Louise Lawrence

[@carisaunders2346]

My biggest fear.

[@vettemuziekjes]

i wonder what japanese people think about that

[@grs6262]

profound wisdom here--

[@dannyfisher6681]

Yep...

[@jordankay8578]

This fear was unlocked for me today

[@orgasmatron4296]

Just came back to refresh myself because of recent events.

[@swd194]

If it kicks off, I'm going to my hometown of Glasgow, as Trident is only 40 miles north, may aswell party, then dust.

[@artykohl1118]

My most important concern when I'm facing my final doom is, whether or not it's our fault.

[@GlenCooper-sj4lh]

Will it really matter who started the fire?

[@chasehedges6775]

Exactly

[@crisbycris4012]

So, whoever drops one first, kills the enemy fast and themselves slowly.

[@prod2k_]

yeah, that's the best way to put it. I love humans...

[@TheKoodus]

No, because pride dictates that "if they do that to us, we have to do it back".....hence the famous 4 minute warning from the cold war. You're statement would only be true if one side misses - which is unlikely. MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.

[@presence9745]

Cristinia Sonia : lets get ready to rumble.

[@Noverian_]

No if ruissia nukes Britain America will, nuke rusiia then every country get nuke launching then out earth its fu ksz

[@antonyduhamel1166]

@@TheKoodus **your** statement.

[@Ilovefent]

All those years of playing fallout are about to pay off.

[@Noverian_]

Lmao. I've played skyrim for a long times so I'm a davage with a bow ik how to make it

[@renasmile]

I don’t think the game gives a realistic view of what happens right after a nuclear attack.

[@Ilovefent]

Lorena .R That was a joke

[@Noverian_]

Baby yoda lol

[@roryluukas2703]

I've been saving up bottle caps for years!!

[@KingoftheProfane]

It is amazing the amount of people who pretend this isn’t an issue

[@danielmccamish3080]

“The world hangs on a thin thread, and that is the psyche of man.” ~C.G. Jung

[@jjr1728]

Jung wasn't even a good bodybuilder I'd take what that dude said with a pinch of herbicide

[@WeAreJungians]

@@jjr1728 What does bodybuilding have to do with Jung? XD

[@jjr1728]

@@WeAreJungians because he was an aspiring bodybuilder?

[@Dex000x]

The only thing that worries me about nuclear war is the possibility of living through it.

[@lavenderhearts101]

I live in a city with Boeing. Pretty sure that’s Ground Zero

[@flex-offender3134]

@@lavenderhearts101 we’re the lucky. I live manhattan. No more to be said 💀

[@jhead2007]

I live 20 miles from D.C. I'll get to the hereafter WAY before anyone else.

[@bisbonian4085]

Depending on where you live, you will more likely live through it...for a while. And then die horribly.

[@apoc7468]

I'll say... don't look up what dying of radiation poisoning looks like... I'd kill myself before living through that horror.... if nuclear war happens, I'd hope to be in the blast radius to go quickly...

[@mjrwey]

"Worrying is paying a debt you don't owe" What's worrying about it going to do? If it happens it happens.

[@GiGaSzS]

Imagine if we would concentrate all this knowledge into research for better future instead of destruction.

[@S_Shant]

That’s sadly difficult and unrealistic just because of psychopaths and free will. But yah - it would be awesome if it were the case.

[@daveppl9138]

I'm watching this on the eve of 2/23/2022. This has never been more real.

[@hbach5694]

real

[@gokusensei442]

25

[@pika62221]

the day before the start of WW3!!

[@johnriggs4929]

October 1962 was far more 'real,' due to the fact thta both the USSR and the US were openly talking about pressing the nuclear button. Coincidentally, that whole situation had its roots in US interference in another country's politics, along with the usual duplicity.

[@gavinthorburn5385]

Might as well call it a day now

[@neotropos]

Who's watching this as Putin's threatening the world with nuclear destruction? Scary times . Too real 😔

[@Demystifiedvessel]

Thank you kindly; I’ll make sure and worry.

[@MIHAILSASLIS]

He is great as crystal as it gets. Realistic just that simple!

[@Etcher]

I'm 44, I was a kid in the 80s. I spent an inordinate amount of time worrying about World War 3 and MAD as a child. I have three kids now, the eldest being 12, the youngest being 8. All three of them, for the first time ever, have asked me separately over the last five days if World War 3 is coming and will nuclear bombs be used. Thanks Putin. Just what I needed after Brexit and Covid.

[@nowgo7638]

It has really been a fuqed past couple of years...

[@amateurs7814]

Welcome to the next phase of the psychological operation of the WEF and pals :)

[@andyenders5073]

@@amateurs7814 what is WEF?

[@azshadow32]

I have an 8-year-old son, and I graduated in 1995 and grew up by White Sands Missle Range. I was worried as a teen about WWWIII, then I thought we all understood the whole mutual destruction problem and kind of forgot about a nuclear war. Now not only have I had to explain 9/11, school shootings, drugs and homelessness, kidnapping and/or abuse, covid, riots, the attack on the capital, covid part II, remote learning, wearing masks 😷, wondering if he has a cold or covid leading to a large qtip being stuck up his nose, getting inoculated, learning how to interact with kids face to face again, why do billionaires want to go to space and is Russia going to use nuclear weapons, what will that do and getting to explain nuclear winter. Oops, I forgot the whole are aliens real in my tirade.

[@PRAirsoft]

@@andyenders5073 world economic forum

[@shutupdork]

"If theres a military base in your city, theres a bomb pointed at you" Damn, I thought I was actually safe in the Carolinas

[@bamahama707]

It's not the targeted locations which should worry...those areas will be converted to radioactive ash almost instantly. It's everywhere else--where the fallout and the polluted ash will fall, where the suffering will be. Sigh.

[@shutupdork]

@@bamahama707 exactly. My parents have a mountain house in western nc. It's definitely my SHTF house. However, a nuke hitting anywhere in the Carolinas would absolutely affect that.

[@lyozov974]

As safe as in the earth's core or the vacuum of space. Stupidity is the prime weapon of WW3 and then comes the missiles.

[@suggestedusername6662]

Lol our own military has accidentally dropped a nuke on us before here in nc. We got lucky tho it didnt detonate. Some kind of malfunction in the plane when they were flying over.

[@virginiag9402]

NG Resonance wow we got one of the best airports around and Hanford not to far so I’m prob screwed

[@MrCoffis]

watching this in 2022...a few days before the apocalypse...

[@cloud9847]

this really hits a little differently right now...

[@lewiswalker6348]

The amount of like-minded people watching this video in 2022 tells us all we really need to know. Stay safe folks.

[@kimglass7492]

God Bless you. I am praying you and your family. Please 🙏.

[@josephk4310]

Gospode Pomiloi Amin

[@SexycuteStudios]

Imagine living with this same fear 40 years ago..... Imagine being aware of this problem for over 40 years.

[@kimkeck6266]

@@SexycuteStudios William...imagine living with a malignant narcissist for 40 years!! I had no idea what a narcissist even was! I am free BUT in shock, then Covid and now this. I can see without a doubt Putin is a malignant narcissist and Pyschopath...I am scared to death of what he is capable of doing. I can't watch anymore news...just experts on different topics. No more crying soldiers wanting their mothers AND no more Ukrainians screaming for help as they die. I do not want die and I am not afraid of death YET it seems to me that it is the only way for me personally to be at peace. This world is horrific! 🌷🙏😔😢

[@nikkinik4188]

@@kimkeck6266 I could have typed your comment and it would have personally applied 100%.. I started speaking to God and now nothing can shake me. Faith. Have faith ❤️

[@karinarahma5659]

Yep me too, I'm here because the rising tension between Russia-Ukraine. Just hoping that war can be averted. The pandemic already hit us all hard.

[@barriepentney2027]

Stay safe my wife’s from Kiev and her parents in Crimea 🇺🇦

[@Pretermit_Sound]

@@barriepentney2027 God speed to you! Stay strong, and stay safe💪 🇺🇦 -from a supporter in America ✌🏻🇺🇸

[@barriepentney2027]

@@Pretermit_Sound thanks mate we are in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@bohemoth1]

Oh will someone please just push the button and let the birds fly!?

[@barriepentney2027]

@@bohemoth1 совершенно сумасшедший комментарий, мы все поджарены, если это произойдет🇺🇦

[@abba3629]

A Lesson for Humanity.💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥

[@gameing-kd8cd]

Thank you for explaing 35 years worth of nuclear war research in 15 Mins

[@alpha_male]

hopefully this isnt going to be something like bill gates talking about how there will be a pandemic soon 5 years before covid...

[@learningmaster8060]

Excellent reply. Could have been "Thank god, Bill gates didn't predict this few years back" :)

[@koiiyhonze9148]

Know the country bird? It was originally a Phoenix, but was changed after knowing they die and rise from the ashes as the Phoenix we know. That is how america is going down.

[@mozambique9113]

He didnt predict it, he created one. Its just joke... right?

[@brandonmotaramos5810]

A pandemic will always be close by, that’s just the sad reality of nature, we should always acknowledge our primal fears for it can help us in the future.

[@allanerickson5053]

@@brandonmotaramos5810 - genetic memory and evolution...

[@jerrygriffin7629]

I’ve studied people for 50 years , and I already know we should be worried.

[@rfctdg9988]

Do you know Peter griffin ?

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

It took you 50 years to get there? I knew that already when I saw the Chernobyl thing go up on TV at the age of 2...

[@tomthegoat5139]

Shut up Meg!!!!

[@milanbartko2304]

If you not attack Russia you are safe.

[@Xev729]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-jg6vi4cd7v]

35 years out of date now !

[@ogdocvato]

Dude, I've been worried since 1950.

[@dontforgettolike7127]

So basically the world is at a stand still... "Get rid of your nukes" "You first" "No u"

[@fritzfux6135]

In fact the nuclear bomb gave us the longest time of peace.

[@teamatfort444]

@@fritzfux6135 kind of funny, sounds like a oxymoron

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

@@teamatfort444 nah, he's just a regular moron

[@asfmankey3672]

@@user-zb8tq5pr4x He's not a moron, since the largest 44 economies of the world haven't battled each other since World War 2 and a major reason for that peace is due to nuclear weapons since Mutually Assured Destruction comes into play if anyone tries to start a war

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

@@asfmankey3672 you can't even be sure that MAD is a "major reason for that peace". The world after ww2 was fundamentally changed. The european union did more for peace than anything else. NATO, WTO, globalisation of the world and the internet, those are real reasons for peace. People don't want war anymore because they understand other people from other (first world) countries.

[@f.b.i9435]

Hopefully eating all those microwave dinners makes me immune to radiation

[@donmiller2908]

I also hope all those dinners made you immune to food and clean water, because there won't be any.

[@evanweert8141]

Don Miller You must be a lot of fun at a party

[@nickspinner1850]

@@richter805 Ionizing vs. non-ionizing.

[@LeCort-yc8pr]

@@nickspinner1850 Nick Spinner yeah, but technicly they both are radiation, not like @mturner2003 said

[@terrystorey1760]

By the year 2000 we have seen over 2200 nuclear explosions on Earth. So the 500 tests he talks about is 1700 short of the true number. Let me make this clear, "Two Thousand and Two Hundred Nuclear Tests".

[@armonmosadegh5356]

Whoever is watching this in 2022 stay safe we r in a very scary time right now

[@Zooma2127]

I’m so scared 😥

[@zackmac5917]

If I just just ponder about nuclear war for 2 minutes, I'm already worried. Didn't need 35 years of study.

[@dougfrancis9013]

Politicians of the world need to watch this TED talk

[@2giantmonsters]

I don’t think Putin cares if the whole world dies. In fact he would rather there not be a world without Russia.

[@casper8464]

how cute. You think they don't know... and that _that_ is the problem here.

[@johnwireman2660]

This is the closest we’ve been to a nuclear war since the 1980s. I had forgotten how nerve wracking a Cold War that could turn hot on a moment’s notice could be.

[@chriswebster24]

I feel safe because I live in the US, and no one would ever even want to nuke us, because we are the good guys. Plus, I’m sure everyone knows that if they did do that, they would only be hurting themselves, so it wouldn’t even make sense. I mean, just think about it. If all of us Americans were killed, then who would police the rest of the world? I’m pretty sure none of the other countries actually think they could do as good of a job of being world police, and no one would ever want a huge responsibility like that, anyway, obviously. We don’t even like doing it, ourselves, but we still do it, though, of course, just because we know it’s much better that way for the rest of the world. That’s just one of many examples of how kind and selfless we are as a nation, and it’s one of the main reasons why the whole world loves us. That’s why I feel so fortunate to be an American, and why I know I’ll never have to worry about things like having enemies, thank God. It’s too bad the rest of the world sometimes does things that other countries don’t like. They should all start being more like the US. It really sucks how every other country sucks so bad 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@StinkFinger2023]

At least as far as they've told you.. but then again, it took decades for them to finally admit the several times we came within a few seconds of full-blown thermonuclear warfare due to technical glitches..... You slept right through it every time... What you don't know won't get you anxious... What you don't know won't make you spend your life in fear... And if you are the victim of a nuclear war, there's nothing you can do to stop it so just relax

[@StinkFinger2023]

@@chriswebster24 you might just be THE stupidest human being I've ever seen in my life... I would like to sell you an invisible diamond, one that is from outer space, which is why it's so expensive

[@1969darr]

Cuban missile crisis. The US is currently at DEFCON II

[@deathafi]

@@StinkFinger2023 pretty sure he’s trolling

[@randho5150]

"What can you do to help? Talk to your politician..." I didn't know this was a stand up comedy show!

[@libertariantranslator1929]

I vote libertarian.

[@davidowens5898]

Yeah; that gave me a laff too. Might as well talk to my cat..........

[@kenlompart9905]

That will probably get you shot if you live in North Korea.

[@YoutubeChannel-ol7zx]

Haha 🤣

[@namanish450]

Well you can talk to them, its just a matter of whether they'll listen or not.

[@benmerkle7817]

This aged well.

[@noobcastable]

This feels scarier watching it in 2022

[@okcurrr5573]

Look man I worry about literally everything I DONT NEED THIS IN MY RECOMMENDED

[@tonydatiger7740]

Okcurrr same lol 😂

[@alithejumbo]

LOL

[@-Gous-]

Then we are 3 already 😂

[@mickeybunts]

Literally

[@nikkikelley4829]

Yeah..hear you

[@MrDa55555]

What do you do? Nothing the average person can do, other than to minimize your daily stress over something you have no control over.

[@bilalhjiouaj5720]

Not worth stressing over. You can literally die from anything at any moment.

[@ciacutout]

This is FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt)

[@jojokintel]

Between A.I., nuclear weapons, and asteroids hitting the earth...I feel like the universe is a nightmare spectacular.

[@alexandra-sq4he]

this got recommended after the U.S and Irán incident

[@TheBehm08]

Beethoven 2.0 by KZbin 😂

[@loganmballantyne]

Same. This is fun.

[@saradanhoff6539]

Sadly it didnt make Cheeto Supreme's feed. He wouldnt be caught dead watching anything educational.

[@stella-vu8vh]

oh no

[@lauraliao1003]

I hope NK and Iran won't sell their nuke technology for money. I'm so worried cause it seems like they really need money...

[@roycewilson8211]

I've studied nuclear war for 3 days. you should be worried.

[@wilhelmhesse1348]

Well said but even three minutes is sufficient. When you look at the Nagasaki and Hiroshima and the amount of Nuclear weapons in the world that could be used at any second. Makes you not want to have kids.

[@aldoard]

@Martin Jansen power plants are significantly and exponentially worse than bombs thats why they take ridiculous impossible measures in conducting them. A bomb only has fuel for its explosion. Nuclear power plant core has enough fuel to burn for thousands of years

[@flyingpete73]

@@aldoard For me nuclear submarine are the worst. Nuclear propulsion, the nuclear arsenal in it, can only be use once (tacticly) and they can move all over the world!!! An accident waiting to happen anywhere in the world!

[@aldoard]

@@flyingpete73 anything involving the word nuclear is basically trouble lol. Whats crazy about all of this, the future of energy and the only barrier that stands between us and type 2 civilization is effective solar energy harnessing. Like yo, spend all of this crazy nuclear money in studying that instead...

[@flyingpete73]

@@aldoard It would not surprise me if they already know how to make free energy!

[@secion8]

I'm not worried. Refuse to live in fear

[@liannegeorge7781]

Absolutely terrifying and sobering. This should be sent to all the madmen-leaders of this World

[@CassidyPresley]

That's if they........the madmen--leaders of this world have............the care in the world for mankind. It's a unstabled world of............DESTRUCTION, DESPAIR and DOOM!!!!.........A DESTINY, that will one day be (forgotten) thrust...........into Oblivion!!

[@DBCOOPER982]

I wish our world leaders would watch this 😔😪

[@pineapplehazeclub]

Recomended October 2022

[@AshotJanibekyan]

I remember when we were watching TED Talks about possible virus outbreaks and making jokes in the comments. It was before COVID-19.

[@1dayfree]

You mug

[@AshotJanibekyan]

@Ileana Vargas do you realize that 1 percent of humanity is about 70000000 people? 70000000 deaths.

[@tooterooterville]

@BILAL HAMOUDAN You must be in the "people don't die" crowd of thought. The comment above was aimed at the politicians who intend to make use of this 'pandemic'. You should wake up.

[@ausernameiguess7058]

I'm thinking 2037 then

[@alonzahanks1182]

@Cachu Dont have to I actually found honest covid 19 statistics yesterday being January 20th 2021 from begining being 2009 deaths and 240 000 that survived covid and that is Questionable when the common cold kills more 70-80 year old people on the norm. at 70- 80 being over the 65 year limit when deteriorating brain is making them start to be insane any way but thats just modern medicine for you . making you live longer than you should without taking accountabuility for it. I know I take care of the elderly in my family Its like taking care of a stubborn 4 year old going on 72+

[@strasznieciekawe]

It's crazy how such destructive power belongs to just few people, and they can use it, just like that...

[@ishi4441]

how many people you want such destructive power belongs to?

[@user-jd3gf5xw1x]

@@ishi4441 ideally, none

[@trollmcclure2659]

@@user-jd3gf5xw1x then your favorite country shouldn't have started ww2 with other countries

[@jessicafranco3329]

It’s scary really 😳

[@riseandshinemrfriman5925]

True

[@AmazingWorld-hz1ik]

Great honor sir

[@mafialegend10ukzz]

It should be people like this man running nations not the clowns that are in power all over the world

[@ayushmankumar1483]

Especially countries like China,Pakistan and Russia

[@docequillibrium5288]

And scientists should be in power

[@aesthete1618]

​@@ayushmankumar1483especially india

[@carlg5086]

The fact that we have nukes as deterrents against each other, tells you everything you need to know about the human species.

[@brandenapexo604]

Carl G are species is generationally psychotic

[@alchemist889]

I'm sure ants would do the same if they were smart enough.

[@taoforte8988]

I bet that if I polled 7.5 billion people on this planet, 99% of the global population would be against nuclear weapons. Our species is being held hostage by the "legacy" of J.Robert Oppenheimer.

[@jebes909090]

I think Taylor swift being as successful as she is is far more damning

[@plumfun6750]

Yes...that we are biological entities and prone to emotions and psychosis. It's when people start thinking of themselves and other humans as "special" or "more deserving than regular animals" or "destined for greatness" that you have problems (I'm looking at you, Monotheism!). Once you accept that you, everyone around you, the Earth, the solar system and even the entire Milky Way Galaxy are COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT TO THE UNIVERSE...your attitude towards life and what little time each of us has, will improve greatly. In short, if 90% of humanity died, it really wouldn't matter one lick in the grand scheme of things. Life would go on. The earth would still rotate, the sun still shine, and flat earthers would still be the most entertaining people left on the planet. :)

[@jimimiddlefinger5722]

It's a good thing we have such stable leaders around the globe...

[@user-xj6ko3nd8z]

You are Jesting of course.

[@milkybar06]

We do?

[@alinac5512]

@@milkybar06 it's called sarcasm. Just like anyone with a brain calling dump a "stable genius".

[@jtfike]

Alina C well, he didn’t get collusion wrong for two years like you probably did so your qualifications for mocking others is falling flat

[@charlessanders]

Yeah and the United States has a giant buffoon with the nuclear codes. How comforting.

[@sheilaworboys1515]

Yes sir you are right, we should be worried, very, very, worried.

[@Str8OuttaFrayser919]

Well here we are folks.

[@saintbenitz6291]

I bet that audience would even Crack a smirk if this was presented today.

[@Matt_and_Ray]

I know, I’m sitting here wondering how arrogant they have to be to laugh at this. But then again, a lot has changed since this video was made

[@alan-muscat]

'wouldn't' not 'would'.

[@cheaze69]

Fry the vaccinated

[@ryunalunaris14]

I bet there wouldn't even be an audience :)

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

Imagine what would happen if we weren't in constant competition with each other and we used this nuclear research to better understand and optimize energy through nuclear fusion/fission. Nuclear research is one of the most fascinating things in the world. And I honestly believe it is our path to reaching the next level of understanding our universe. It's sad that competition and money has driven this research so far off course. Crazy thought, what if everyone just worked together to advance our species, rather than focusing so hard on competing with each other. It's kinda pathetic really to think about how much more advanced we could be without the needless competition.

[@Megdracula]

It’s sad our species hasn’t evolved passed this animalistic behavior when we could all just be friends n live the one life we get.

[@gabstacab7966]

Amen, everything starts off with good in mind then the arseholes use it for their own power needs

[@Megdracula]

@@gabstacab7966 power is so dangerous it makes humans toxic and forget the meaning of life. The meaning isn’t dying bc of their power hungry bs narcissistic complex.

[@news2hedz227]

I've come to the realization that the nuclear deterrent posed by Putin currently (2022) is highly effective. He has scared everyone sh.. less and now we are helpless to help Ukraine. If we only fought by conventional means, NATO could have more easily defended Ukraine. It's a bizarre argument but let's ban nuclear weapons so at least we can fight fairly.

[@Megdracula]

@@news2hedz227 I agree!!!

[@levels1752]

I’m high and can’t stop focusing on his arm movements when he speaks, ffs I was actually really interested too lol

[@lakshyamongia3270]

"I dont know what will be used in WW3, but what do know is WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein

[@sportnow990]

I dont think ww4 is possible or neccesary after ww3

[@emmablake8640]

World war 3 will destroy the technological world and 90% of the population... world war 4 will be what’s left of the humans fighting each other... so doomed.

[@sportnow990]

@@emmablake8640 do you think the 10 % population is still interested in a war? 1. It is those blood oil and power thirsty leaders that wants war . Not the population. 2.Worldwars are existing after modern technology. Before 1915 there was no worldwars. Its impossible Maybe einstein was good with math but he was no prophet nor an angel.

[@emmablake8640]

sport now no I think that they will kill to survive in the aftermath of the 3rd. Should their be any governing bodies you can guarantee they won’t be trying to unite people and lands in a common goal, they will be racing to kill any others that remain so they can gain lands/fuels and whatever else they want. Sad I have very little faith in humanity I know.

[@sparrows3147]

@@sportnow990 u r wrong..they will still kill..and go for war becoz many will rise as leaders ..but with less people more like clan wars

[@trashpanda5869]

You heard him guys don't nuke people.

[@nrosko]

Yeah but it seems Russia are upscaling there nuclear programme kinda sad that these nations don't understand its also self destruction.

[@williamburdgick2582]

Mrkindalegal TheBagopaniest play fallout 76

[@williamburdgick2582]

Mrkindalegal TheBagopaniest do it!!!!!!!

[@djphlange]

Nuke The Whales!!

[@bfkc111]

No, he's saying "do it, prove me right".