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[deanjo]

And I would gander that you would interpret a wartime weapon into Mother Theresa.

Oh you mean Mother Theresa the product of another state?

[deanjo]

Your judgment is clouded by your views. Look up some quotes about Einstein and the military, or any other important scientist anyway. Einstein did his best work in his spare time, BTW.

Einstein the patent office clerk? lol Einstien the professor? Again a product of the state to which the state used and he did willingly, knowingly participate in developing the ultimate weapon to further his theories.

[pingufunkybeat]

Yes, the patent office clerk. Theory of relativity does not belong to the tasks of a patent office clerk. That's why he developed it in his spare time.

I don't quite understand which part you find confusing.

The ultimate weapon didn't further his theories, btw. But it's OK, you don't really understand that stuff

Oh you mean Mother Theresa the product of another state?

Sure. She's the ultimate weapon. There was also Gandhi, who was produced by a hedge-fond think-tank in order to further war objectives.

[deanjo]

The ultimate weapon didn't further his theories, btw. But it's OK, you don't really understand that stuff

LMFAO!!!

Albert Einstein
Old Grove Road
Peconic, Long Island
August 2nd, 1939

F.D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
White House
Washington, D.C.

Sir:
Some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilard, which has been communicated to me in manuscript, leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. Certain aspects of the situation which has arisen seem to call for watchfulness and if necessary, quick action on the part of the Administration. I believe therefore that it is my duty to bring to your attention the following facts and recommendations.
In the course of the last four months it has been made probable through the work of Joliot in France as well as Fermi and Szilard in America--that it may be possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium, by which vast amounts of power and large quantities of new radium-like elements would be generated. Now it appears almost certain that this could be achieved in the immediate future.
This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable--though much less certain--that extremely powerful bombs of this type may thus be constructed. A single bomb of this type, carried by boat and exploded in a port, might very well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory. However, such bombs might very well prove too heavy for transportion by air.
The United States has only very poor ores of uranium in moderate quantities. There is some good ore in Canada and former Czechoslovakia, while the most important source of uranium is in the Belgian Congo.
In view of this situation you may think it desirable to have some permanent contact maintained between the Administration and the group of physicists working on chain reactions in America. One possible way of achieving this might be for you to entrust the task with a person who has your confidence and who could perhaps serve in an unofficial capacity. His task might comprise the following:
a) to approach Government Departments, keep them informed of the further development, and put forward recommendations for Government action, giving particular attention to the problem of securing a supply of uranium ore for the United States.
b) to speed up the experimental work, which is at present being carried on within the limits of the budgets of University laboratories, by providing funds, if such funds be required, through his contacts with private persons who are willing to make contributions for this cause, and perhaps also by obtaining co-operation of industrial laboratories which have necessary equipment.
I understand that Germany has actually stopped the sale of uranium from the Czechoslovakian mines which she has taken over. That she should have taken such early action might perhaps be understood on the ground that the son of the German Under-Secretary of State, von Weizsacker, is attached to the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, where some of the American work on uranium is now being repeated.

Yours very truly,
Albert Einstein

No not at all.

[pingufunkybeat]

Brainfart on my side, E=mc^2, I shouldn't post when it's 2am and I'm coming back from a concert.

It's pretty clear what Einstein thought of nuclear weapons anyway.

[pingufunkybeat]

Didn't further them, anyway :P

[pingufunkybeat]

Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, I would not have lifted a finger.

Humanist, misused by warmongers, like most scientists.

[pingufunkybeat]

This one is also good:

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

[deanjo]

Bottom line is it still took the state and war for his theories to become reality. I'd be willing to bet that vulcanized rubber has had more of an effect on the quality of human life then any teachings of Mother Theresa or Gandhi.

[Dragonlord]

deanjo this is a crap way of doing argumentation. Anything can be misused for good or bad. Saying something is "intentionally" bad because it can be "potentially" used for something bad doesn't make it bad to begin with. Innovations did not emerge from greed. Greed only instrumentalized innovations for their goals.