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100 Years of Einstein
spacerabbits writes "A century after Einstein's miracle year, most people still do not understand exactly what it was he did. The Economist tries to elucidate what AE did in a recent article."
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Ahh, it's so much more clear to me now that they've elusiwhatevered it. Choosing obscure words like elucidate over simpler words like explain or clarify really does help to ameliorate the burden of learning difficult material.
He's referring to the nuking of Japan, which was indeed our enemy. But do realize that most of the people who died were innocent, ordinary citizens, not military targets. Regardless, many people - myself included - believe that dropping of two nuclear bombs was not only unnecessary, but immoral, as well. Japan was almost dead militarily and no matter how hard one tries, one cannot justify the short term effects of 250,000+ dead innocent people - as well as the thousands more over the years. Some will argue that the bombs spared the lives of many American soldiers, but you're free to take whatever side you'd like, as history/conditioning/etc. has cemented that point of view in the hearts and minds of most Americans.
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we still use Newton every day. Einstein, however, is relegated to a few crackpot sci-fi fans and pop icon posters.