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> have some well paid, high I.Q people running them Unfortunately even well-paid and high IQ people have been known to cut corners and take risks. Look at the
by bazoom42 4y ago
> have some well paid, high I.Q people running them
Unfortunately even well-paid and high IQ people have been known to cut corners and take risks. Look at the space shuttle among many examples.
- doctor_eval 4y agoYeah I mean, look at that article. High IQ people carrying around subcritical chunks of plutonium. But it’s OK mum, I put them in different pockets! Isn’t physics amazing! What do you mean I picked up the wrong coat? “Just build the plants well” is the civil engineering version of “No True Scotsman”.
- taylorius 4y agoI'm admittedly not a nuclear engineer - but I hear a great deal about how much modern nuclear plant design has advanced since the days of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, and that our modern designs would not be susceptible to such catastrophes. Assuming this is somewhat true (I am just assuming that) we are erroneously allowing the ghosts of those terrible old events to stop us from investing in modern, safe nuclear energy.