>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@>
> wrote:
> >
> "The origin of the name Trinity for [the first nuclear explosion in
> > history, in 1945] is uncertain. It is commonly thought that Robert
> > Oppenheimer provided the name, which would seem logical, but even
> > this is not definitely known. A leading theory is that Oppenhimer
> did
> > select it, and that he did so with reference to the divine Hindu
> > trinity of Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu (the Preserver), and Shiva
> > (the Destroyer). Oppenheimer had an avid interest in Sanskrit
> > literature (which he had taught himself to read), and following
> the
> > Trinity test is reported to have recited [this] passage from the
> > Bhagavad-Gita...
> >
> > "If the radiance of a thousand suns
> > Were to burst at once into the sky,
> > That would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...
> > I am become Death,
> > The shatterer of Worlds."
> >
> imo, Oppenheimer was a f*cking moron playing God.
>
Aren't we all? Oppenheimer just had access to more dangerous toys...
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