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drstewart • yesterday at 4:56 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I don't get why people say Oppenheimer was a talented scientist when I don't want nuclear weapons to exist


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GeorgeWBasic • yesterday at 10:46 PM

Some of them might be trying to justify the things they do at their day jobs that make the world worse.

brendoelfrendo • yesterday at 11:24 PM

I can acknowledge that someone is intelligent, skilled, or talented without respecting them or their decision to apply their intelligence, skills, or talent to an ignoble cause.