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John Boyd Orr

Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would be neither victor nor vanquished. Both would be overwhelmed in destruction.

John Boyd Orr

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John Boyd Orr is saying that modern scientific advancements have created weapons so destructive that if major countries fought, everyone involved would suffer devastating losses. This means no side could truly win because the damage would be too great for any to survive as a clear winner.

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