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Do you really think that option is feasible? Even the ancient Romans were unsuccessful at damning the memories of their enemies.
by someguydave 10y ago
Do you really think that option is feasible? Even the ancient Romans were unsuccessful at damning the memories of their enemies.
- danieltillett 10y agoHow do you know this? We know almost nothing about anyone or anything that happened during Roman times - the fact that a few scraps have survived is hardly an indication that most knowledge deliberately destroyed managed to escape.
- someguydave 10y agoWell, there's this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian re: damnatio memoriae "Yet the order of the Senate was only partially executed in Rome, and wholly disregarded in most of the provinces outside Italy." I think it's possible that a similar effect would happen with attempting the same thing to the knowledge of nuclear fission...