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> We thought Oppenheimer was the way to instill a love of physics to young people The only person so far that I've seen publicly saying that is Sam Altman. Nev
by baby 3y ago
> We thought Oppenheimer was the way to instill a love of physics to young people
The only person so far that I've seen publicly saying that is Sam Altman. Never crossed my mind that this could inspire people (albeit I haven't seen the movie). Same for the Turing movie, or the Hawking movie, none of them really made the work look that cool IMO.
- Nevermark 3y agoI don't know about cool. But the movie demonstrated how science, and even individual scientists, can have enormous practical impact, shed light on reality, and raise moral questions of the highest order. That level of impact inspired me to aim at a science career when I was a student, before I found other pursuits more inspiring to me personally.