“Now when anyone applies these universal principles to certain particular things, the memory or experience of which he acquires through the senses; then by his own research proceeding from the known to the unknown, he obtains knowledge of what he knew not before.”
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Nuclear Dangers: Part 4–Comparative Instantaneous Fatalities
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Now we will finally start comparing probable effects of a tactical nuclear strike to a bad nuclear meltdown. We will start with immediate deaths you could expect from each event. This is not much of a comparison: the answer is going to be “a tactical nuclear strike would entail far, far more deaths than a nuclear meltdown.” But let’s go through the comparison process nevertheless.
Readings on Authority in the Church: Satis cogitum
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Satis cogitum (Leo XIII 1896) is an encyclical published by Leo XIII in 1896. I don’t know a lot about the historical context of this encyclical, but according to the Wikipedia article on the encyclical, this encyclical marked the beginning of when Popes began to “offer theological treatments on important topics,” as well as the beginning of “the Church’s participation in ecumenism.”
Nuclear Dangers: Part 3–Qualitative Characteristics of Dirty Nuclear
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Now I want to look at the characteristics of a good “dirty bomb”, so that we can tell if a nuclear power plant would make an effective one. We want to know here, what are the dangers involved in Russia controlling Ukrainian nuclear power plants and having free reign to cause whatever mischief they want with them?
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