http://www.peterdsmith.com/archives/2007/09/03/australian-review/ Kafka’s mouse Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:46:36 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.peterdsmith.com/archives/2007/09/03/australian-review/comment-page-1/#comment-103 PD Smith Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:16:08 +0000 http://www.peterdsmith.com/archives/2007/09/03/australian-review/#comment-103 I guess that's why they wanted to keep scientists 'on tap, but not on top', to use a cold war phrase... But then you can't control what the scientists working for your enemy are doing, and that's when it gets worrying... I guess that's why they wanted to keep scientists 'on tap, but not on top', to use a cold war phrase... But then you can't control what the scientists working for your enemy are doing, and that's when it gets worrying...

]]> http://www.peterdsmith.com/archives/2007/09/03/australian-review/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Thomas R. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:02:32 +0000 http://www.peterdsmith.com/archives/2007/09/03/australian-review/#comment-101 How did the politicians think about this formerly irrelevant and small group of superbright scientists whose ideas had such an impact? And who lacked most inhibitions to ponder how to kill large numbers of people? Didn't they became nerveous? Didn't they wonder that for each 'von Neumann' poping up in the sci millieu probably several others are out there and what they may do? How did the politicians think about this formerly irrelevant and small group of superbright scientists whose ideas had such an impact? And who lacked most inhibitions to ponder how to kill large numbers of people? Didn't they became nerveous? Didn't they wonder that for each 'von Neumann' poping up in the sci millieu probably several others are out there and what they may do?

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