Ignorance Is Never Better Than Knowledge

The Fact That No Limits Exist To The Destructiveness Of This Weapon [the 'super', I.e. The Hydrogen Bomb] Makes Its Very Existence And The Knowledge Of Its Construction A Danger To Humanity As A Whole. It Is Necessarily An Evil Thing Considered In Any Light. For These Reasons, We Believe It Important For The President Of The United States To Tell The American Public And The World What We Think Is Wrong On Fundamental Ethical Principles To Initiate The Development Of Such A Weapon.

Although The Problem Of Transmuting Chemical Elements Into Each Other Is Much Older Than A Satisfactory Definition Of The Very Concept Of Chemical Element, It Is Well Known That The First And Most Important Step Towards Its Solution Was Made Only Nineteen Years Ago By The Late Lord Rutherford, Who Started The Method Of The Nuclear Bombardments.

Before I Came Here I Was Confused About This Subject. Having Listened To Your Lecture I Am Still Confused. But On A Higher Level.

Some People Stick With The Traditional, Feeling Struck By The Epic Beauty Or Blown Away By The Insane Scale Of The Universe. Personally, I Go For The Old "existential Meltdown Followed By Acting Weird For The Next Half Hour. But Everyone Feels Something.

The Fundamental Point In Fabricating A Chain Reacting Machine Is Of Course To See To It That Each Fission Produces A Certain Number Of Neutrons And Some Of These Neutrons Will Again Produce Fission.