nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 It honestly makes me feel a bit betrayed that some scientists believed they had a tiny chance of destroying the world and they went through with it anyway. Maybe it's easier when you know nobody could be around to judge you for it. Maybe it was meant to unfold how it did.
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw Before the Trinity test, there was a concern thar nuclear fission was so powerful that it could ignite the whole atmosphere. Theory predicted it was very unlikely, but that was all. When those scientists at Los Alamos did the test, they knew full well that there was a slim chance they would end the world right then and there. But they pushed the button anyways.
So I think there are two sides to this coin. They had to be willing to reduce the world to ashes in order to usher us in to this strange new era of nuclear peace.
This is another thing which the movie portrays well. At least, it rightfully emphasizes it.
One thing that didn’t make the cut, but I wish it did, was how Fermi dropped some shredded paper during the blast and watched how far the wind blew them in order to estimate the megaton yield.
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nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw The renaissance masters dissected humans to gain medical and artistic knowledge. Newton stuck a needle deep between his eye and eye socket to see how it changed his eye’s lens. It’s chuuni to say it, but I think science has always had a kernel of disregard for human life, and modern attempts to clean up its image only paper it over. Dr. Frankenstein was called the “Modern Prometheus” too