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This is an example of actual events that are far more interesting than most WWII movies. I fear that scientists today just aren't that cool. That said, I'm not
by galago 11y ago
This is an example of actual events that are far more interesting than most WWII movies. I fear that scientists today just aren't that cool. That said, I'm not sure I would want to face similar calamity.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoI prefer to think that we live in times that are less interesting (in the Chinese proverb sense) and that demand less derring-do and intrigue of our scientists. I'm sure that if a portal opened up and parallel-universe-Nazis-lizards (or whatever) began to invade, we'd see just as much heroism and inventiveness from everyone.
- trimble-alum 11y agoMovies are movies. but you can't know or prove that, even if you happen to believe it.
- ekianjo 11y ago> I fear that scientists today just aren't that cool. That's a nice story, but there's nothing really in it that would justify it to be "cooler" than anything else. I find the history of actual inventions or discoveries much cooler than war anecdotes.
- xkcd-sucks 11y agoMost stuff that's "cool" to a general audience is illegal, prohibited in the name of "safety," or so far outside one's job description as to comprise some ethical violation (which are roughly equivalent to Catholic sins). So, we don't talk very much to outsiders, or impose a cooling-off period of several years/several jobs before talking.