Comment on "Learning to Build the Bomb"

TL;DR

This paper critiques the idea of knowledge blockades as a means to prevent nuclear proliferation, arguing they are ineffective and unsuitable for sustainable peace.

Contribution

It challenges the effectiveness of knowledge restrictions in nuclear proliferation prevention and advocates for alternative approaches.

Findings

Knowledge blockades are ineffective in preventing proliferation.

Restricting knowledge does not lead to sustainable peace.

Alternative strategies are needed beyond knowledge restrictions.

Abstract

According to Alisa Carrigan's opinion in Physics Today Dec 2007, to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons, certain rules should be set to prevent the spread of a particular kind of knowledge. Here, I argue that a knowledge blockade does not work, and it is not a suitable means to establish a sustainable peace.