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> Feynman knew this and claims to be I don't get this type of thinking. Unless he thought it would be worse to wear the googles what is to be gained by doing
by gist 8y ago
> Feynman knew this and claims to be
I don't get this type of thinking. Unless he thought it would be worse to wear the googles what is to be gained by doing something like wearing goggles (in that situation) just in case you were wrong? Why not reduce the chance of harm as much as you can?
- pasta 8y agoBecause he was a curious man and wanted to see every detail?
- brunoqc 8y agoYou probably can't see shit with those goggles.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoThere's a fine line between genius and madness.
- perl4ever 8y agoI think this also has to be considered in the context of an ongoing cataclysmic war encompassing the world where whole cities were being destroyed and of course they were developing a weapon to destroy them faster. Today, WWII is that long ago thing that lasted for a few years and then it was over. Soon the veterans and the Holocaust survivors will all be dead. To anyone then, a lot of things probably didn't seem as important. A lot of people reacted to the atomic bomb once it was public as the impending end of the world, too. So the scientists who knew about it first probably had their attitudes affected.