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0 pointsrvense3y ago0 comments

Which is obviously reasonable! If you know how to build weapons, don't. Let somebody else do it.

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Scientist have moral responsibility not to build weapons of mass destruction for example. Too bad even Einstein couldn't keep with your advice. Scientists are sometimes not so smart. They can be fooled like anybody else.

wnkrshm3y ago

We're not talking about accidentally inventing a machine gun, we're talking about being cautioned about inventing a machine gun and not caring:

"Hey you're inventing a machine gun!" "No I'm not, and even if I was, machine guns can be used for many things other than violence!"

Edit: Also, Einstein in this analogy is the one cautioning about someone being able to invent a machine gun.

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Buffout3y ago

wnkrshm3y ago

We're not talking about accidentally inventing a machine gun, we're talking about being cautioned about inventing a machine gun and not caring:

"Hey you're inventing a machine gun!" "No I'm not, and even if I was, machine guns can be used for many things other than violence!"

Edit: Also, Einstein in this analogy is the one cautioning about someone being able to invent a machine gun.

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