Thinking about an alternative reason for so many years of nuclear 'testing'.

It could be called directed evolution, for lack of better words.

The analogy for this is poking a balloon with your finger.

What it does to the air inside.

Removing the finger.

How the air inside responds.

In this analogy the Earth is the balloon.

The nuclear detonations are the finger(s).

Preturbing the Earth core to initiate a larger response in return.

Nature always seems to resolve potential differences by orders of magnitude in response.

total years of U.S. testing: 47-ish years 1945 - 1992

This by itself is nothing remarkable other than the high number of tests.

Which anon believes that human beings are much smarter than that number implies.

Though, if one considers the technological innovation that took near and after the end of testing…

… it seems that after the finger (detonations) was removed from the balloon (earth), the air responded through a technological path.

This tech advancement effect started with a steep fast paced climb, followed by a tapering off.

Anon believes that knowledge of the negative effects of this method of advancement halted the 'testing'.

Simply because nuclear contamination effects would be greater than any gain in tech advancement.

Enter the improved method of poking the finger into the balloon.

Particle colliders.

The colliders would function in a similar manner to nuclear detonation but at a smaller scale with more precision and control.

Over the years that the colliders have been in operation, there have been changes in society.

Though anon does not have the capability to describe them.

But it seems lessons were learned that indicated that a larger collider was needed.

So mote it was.

That's about it.

Just two nickels that anon has been rubbing together for a while.