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hunter

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4. You don't need the Oppenheimers to cook up a bomb any more.

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 07:59 AM

Jun 25

You just need people who can read the recipes.

The conceptual leaps that led to the creation of atomic weapons can't be stuffed back it the bottle.

Knowing something can be done is the largest hurdle. The rest is just bureaucracy -- establishing the industrial and intellectual infrastructure required to accomplish it.

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You don't need the Oppenheimers to cook up a bomb any more. hunter Jun 25 #4

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