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Edward Teller Passes Away At 95
Lord Prox writes "Edward Teller, one of the 20th Century's greats in physics, died Tuesday afternoon at his home in Stanford. He was 95." Newsforge.com also has one of the final interviews with Teller, who was "a principal architect of the hydrogen bomb, [and] passionate advocate of nuclear power and antimissile defense."
Hey genius, the hydrogen bomb is not a tool of defense, it's a tool of offense. That is the same kind of backwards logic that supports Bush and his "preemptive defense". Bleh, save the pro war rhetoric, please.
As soon as somebody uses Nukes on the U.S. they would be screwed the moment the CIA investigation got overwith.
Oh, a CIA investigation! Oh that's really reliable. Especially considering that all direct evidence of the perpetrators was atomized at ground zero. As was Langley itself.
The only evidence firm enough for a reflexive venegance-strike is a radar-track from Lesotho to Pennsylvania Avenue.
he's with satan now.
--Nick
I agree with you completely.
And we shouldn't have electricity, because that's used to make weapons.
And we shouldn't have any sharp tools, because they could be used to cut/stab/slice/wound/maim people.
And we shouldn't have blunt tools (eg rocks), because they could be used a blunt instruments to hurt people, or using them would give them a sharp edge (see above).
And we shouldn't have fire, because that could be used to burn people.
And we'd all be naked, wandering the grasslands, with no written language, chewing grass and leaves all day.
Dying young; from disease, malnutrition, lack of shelter (remember, no tools) and predation by wild animals.
Visit CryptoGnome in his home.
One by one the monsters of the 20th century are leaving us for their own little special place in hell.
This guy was directly and primarily responsible for creating hydrogen bomb.
The world is a better place now that he's dead.
Thank you,
Simonetta
Do you realize how many thermonuclear detonations have been conducted as tests on this planet? Obviously not because you are clearly an idiot.
While I don't think an earth-launched Orion would have made sense, 5 more detonations would not make our planet significantly more uninhabitable. The design itself was brilliant, far beyond anything you will ever achieve in your life.
Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
My complete disgust at the avalance of positive news stories regarding Teller's life cannot begin to erode my absolute GLEE at his demise.
Teller was, to quote former Lawrence Livermore, Sandia and Los Alamos collegues of his, "a very, very bad/evil man."
I heard first-hand Teller explain at a small dinner party when I was but a child, his life mission:
"I was put here on Earth", Teller explained, "to bring about Armageddon and the second coming of Christ." He went on, and on, and on, to the horror of the other weapons engineers and the living nightmare of their present children ( self included ). He wanted to bring about THE END, it was his life mission. He was not talking like the Nazis did at Wansee about plans to exterminate an entire people, Teller wanted to exterminate ALL people, ALL species. He dreamed of the destruction of Earth to fulfill his demented fanatical religious fantasy.
If you, dear reader, happen to agree with his sick dream, I must also state that beyond this black hole in his soul, Teller was also a vicious boss and a scientific tyrant. He also destroyed a wide array of very succcessful alternative energy programs in order to sweep up the engineers for his non-viable SDI/StarWars program that he sold Reagan on.
Many years later, when I saw Dr. Strangelove, it was obvious who the title character was modeled after. Unfortunately, even Peter Sellers brilliant acting didn't come close to the horror of the man that was Teller.
Teller was extremely intelligent and probably even a genius. The fact that he won the genetic brain lottery does not in any way excuse what he did and, worse, what he wanted to do.
Teller was a deeply evil soul. I cannot begin to describe my relief that he is finally dead.
Long live planet Earth,
Schmedley