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As Von Neumann said about Oppenheimer's performative angst over the atomic bomb: "Some people profess guilt to claim credit for the sin."
by conmod278 17d ago
As Von Neumann said about Oppenheimer's performative angst over the atomic bomb:
"Some people profess guilt to claim credit for the sin."
- ASalazarMX 17d agoThis is a great quote. I liked it so much that I had to look up where it is from. "Adventures of a Mathematician", by Stanislaw M. Ulam. > The Polish-born mathematician recalls his formative and early professional years in his pre-war homeland and his work and colleagues at Princeton, Harvard, Wisconsin, and Los Alamos. https://archive.org/details/adventuresofmath0000ulam_v9h3/page/n5/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/adventuresofmath0000ulam_v9h3/pa...