> someone made the call to ignore that possibility Actually, they did the calculations and verified that it wouldn't happen. It was Richard Hamming who did the

> someone made the call to ignore that possibility Actually, they did the calculations and verified that it wouldn't happen. It was Richard Hamming who did the calculations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamming#Manhattan_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamming#Manhattan_Proj... I said to myself, "What have you done, Hamming, you are involved in risking all of life that is known in the Universe, and you do not know much of an essential part? [uncertain variable]" I was pacing up and down the corridor when a friend asked me what was bothering me. I told him. His reply was, "Never mind, Hamming, no one will ever blame you."