the scientific method

we have re-configured the computer, my president.
what does it say?
we now calculate that about 10 million will survive.
what? and the rest?
will be deeply missed, of course.
you are joking. is this really necessary?
we must strike first. naturally, they will retaliate.
and then?
but we will have taken shelter in our bunkers, you see.
to survive the attack?
yes, all-out thermonuclear war, my president.
and this is all proven scientifically?
indeed, my president. the computer does not lie.
that is so reassuring.
we are the vanguard of the future, my president.
maybe we are. but your computer? no fucking way.