Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Easter break is here! Finally had time to take a short breather, but now I guess it's time to get back to work. I get so lost in my research, I feel that sometimes I'm way in over my head. Speaking of research, I was listening to s sermon and I started to think about arms races between countries. Majority of people don't like war, and arms races don't aid in preventing wars. But what does? Education? Maybe. Let's say it does. Then if we spent the money from arms races on education, then people would not feel the need for violence to resolve their problems.
I started to think about the Prisoners Dilemma. If country A bought some tanks, then country B would buy some anti tank missiles. If country B bought some airplanes, then country A would buy some anti air guns. Then reaction does not end. But I guess given human nature for insecurity it does seem quite inevitable that arms races will cease. But it does sound like an interesting research topic.
Dan
10:33 am
