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It looks like a typical garbage collection file: a collection of letters to the government from people suggesting or accusing Einstein of communism, anarchy, or
by radley 17y ago
It looks like a typical garbage collection file: a collection of letters to the government from people suggesting or accusing Einstein of communism, anarchy, or any anti-government suggestions.
Looking through, it appears whack-jobs are not a TV-made phenomena (as we've been led to believe) and that whack-jobs have been prevalent in society for much longer than any of us suspected. This give me great pause and concern...
- rationalbeaver 17y agoCareful there. Undue concern about other whack-jobs is exactly what made them whack-jobs in the first place. ;) I guess we can take hope from the fact that despite the best efforts of the whack-jobs, the FBI let him stay.
- anigbrowl 17y agoI was concerned too, but then I reflected that if it's always been this way and we got this far, it must be survivable.
- khafra 17y agoIt was survivable before we invented nukes. We've gotten by on luck for half a century, and now we're working on nanotechnology and genetic engineering.
- paulgerhardt 17y agoSee also the curious case of James Tilly Mathews who in c.1810 believed "that a gang of criminals and spies skilled in "pneumatic chemistry" had taken up residence at London Wall in Moorfields (close to Bethlem) and were tormenting him by means of rays emitted by a machine called the "Air Loom". The torments induced by the rays included "Lobster-cracking", during which the circulation of the blood was prevented by a magnetic field..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tilly_Matthews#The_.22Air_Loom.22 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tilly_Matthews#The_.22Air... Well before the days of satellites, aluminum foil, and Major League Baseball.