wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- 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...
> >
> Ha-Ha! The reverse DID occur to me after I wrote this, that as
well,
> God was playing a f*cking moron named Oppenheimer. Kinda took the
> sting out of it...
>
> To your point also, Oppenheimer drew these evil weapons to him, and
> that is how he "had access to more dangerous toys".
You might want to have a look at the essay I
recommended earlier, "The Gita of J. Robert
Oppenheimer," for some insight into his thinking:
http://www.aps-pub.com/proceedings/1442/Hijiya.pdf
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