[Marxism] '1 in 4 Israelis would consider leaving country if Iran gets nukes'
Bill O'Connor
billyoc at gmail.com
Sun May 24 15:41:52 MDT 2009
Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net> writes:
> On Sat, 23 May 2009 10:05:40 -0400
> Dennis Brasky <dmozart1756 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here's to Iran obtaining FOUR nukes!
>
> Wish I'd said that.
>
> Minor correction -- these things combine multiplicatively,
> not additively. So the existence of four Iranian nukes would
> only discourage about 68% of the Israeli population
> (0.75 ^ 4 is about 0.32). About 4.8 nukes would bring the
> number up to 75%, and 8 Iranian nukes would
> scare away about 90%.
>
> Such a bargain!
>
> Contributions to the Iranian nuclear program can be sent
> to me. I'll see that they get into the right hands.
Oh, hell, I already passed the original on to my favorite bomber
libs at the democraticunderground.com(without attribution, shamefully).
Should I issue a correction?
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In Solidarity,
Billy O'Connor
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