{"id":246142,"date":"2026-10-29T11:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T16:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/nuclear-war-myths-would-civilization-really-end"},"modified":"2026-10-29T11:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T16:09:52","slug":"nuclear-war-myths-would-civilization-really-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/nuclear-war-myths-would-civilization-really-end","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear War Myths: Would Civilization Really End?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe title=\"Nuclear War Myths: Would Civilization Really End?\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qtgm2AMe3AM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nuclear war could kill millions or billions, but would it really end civilization?<br \/> Don\u2019t miss FlexiSpot\u2019s Fall Sale, with up to 60% off sitewide! Head over to the website and take advantage of the savings today. Enter my exclusive code \u2018C750\u2019 and save an extra $50 on the C7 Morpher chair!<br \/> Shop through:<br \/> FlexiSpot C7 Morpher (US): <a href=\"https:\/\/go.flexispot.com\/0ybljy-us\">https:\/\/go.flexispot.com\/0ybljy-us<\/a>.<br \/> FlexiSpot C7 Morpher (CA): <a href=\"https:\/\/go.flexispot.com\/nQQyJz-ca\">https:\/\/go.flexispot.com\/nQQyJz-ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uded2 SFIA Merchandise: <a href=\"https:\/\/isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall\">https:\/\/isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \ud83c\udf10 Visit our Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net\">http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net<\/a>.<br \/> \u2764\ufe0f Support us on Patreon: \/ isaacarthur.<br \/> \u2b50 Support us on Subscribestar: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/isaac-a\">https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/isaac-a<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \ud83d\udc65 Facebook Group: \/ 1,583,992,725,237,264<br \/> \ud83d\udce3 Reddit Community: \/ isaacarthur.<br \/> \ud83d\udc26 Follow on Twitter \/ X: \/ isaac_a_arthur.<br \/> \ud83d\udcac SFIA Discord Server: \/ discord.<br \/> Credits:<br \/> Nuclear War Myths: Would Civilization Really End?<br \/> Written, Produced &amp; Narrated by: Isaac Arthur.<br \/> Music by Epidemic Sound: <a href=\"http:\/\/nebula.tv\/epidemic\">http:\/\/nebula.tv\/epidemic<\/a>.<br \/> Select imagery\/video supplied by Getty Images.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters.<br \/> 0:00 Intro.<br \/> 0:09The Apocalypse We Inherited.<br \/> 4:05 What Nuclear Weapons Actually Do.<br \/> 9:33 Fallout Is Not Magic Death Dust.<br \/> 19:21 Cities Burn, But the World Is Not One City.<br \/> 23:29 Civilization After the Strike.<br \/> 32:08 Flexispot.<br \/> 33:38 Survival Beyond the Numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nuclear war could kill millions or billions, but would it really end civilization? Don\u2019t miss FlexiSpot\u2019s Fall Sale, with up to 60% off sitewide! Head over to the website and take advantage of the savings today. Enter my exclusive code \u2018C750\u2019 and save an extra $50 on the C7 Morpher chair! Shop through: FlexiSpot C7 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,42,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-existential-risks","category-media-arts","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}