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> The atomic bomb is one obvious example of a technology that seems to be inherently bad not only for humanity, but for biological life itself. Is it really in
by rifung 8y ago
> The atomic bomb is one obvious example of a technology that seems to be inherently bad not only for humanity, but for biological life itself.
Is it really inherently bad if it's just generating a lot of energy? Couldn't that technology be used to generate electricity?
- craftyguy 8y agoIt could, but the primary reason it was developed was to generate a lot of energy to kill as many people as possible.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoThen be very careful to not extend the negativity over the entire field of nuclear physics. Atomic bomb is a very specific weapons technology. Mastery of fission and physics at atomic scale does great good already - from energy to medicine - and holds potential for even more.
- craftyguy 8y ago> Then be very careful to not extend the negativity over the entire field of nuclear physics I never did, perhaps you are replying to the wrong person? I was just pointing out that creating the atomic bomb was a very negative thing. Even though other many other fields in nuclear physics came about because of the bomb's development, there's nothing that says they couldn't have come about without developing an atomic bomb in the first place.