Niels Bohr is one of the greatest physicist in history, and one of those involved with the huge discoveries in the area of atomic physics prior to the arrival of “the bomb”. He coined a term that came out of his work in Quantum mechanics and the strangeness of it compared to the rest of physics, and he called it “Complementarity”. When it became evident that the Manhattan Project would be successful, he used this term to suggest to all who would listen, that the success of this project should be shared, he felt the destructive power of this bomb could end all war. Through contacts, he was able to meet with Roosevelt, and Roosevelt shared Bohr’s idea of sharing with Churchill, who felt that he should be arrested immediately. Obviously Bohr was good hearted, but a bit naive. But this ended up in the MAD status… and we’ve relied on this ever since… that no one would be foolish enough to go to war, the risk is simply too great. But I think Putin has seen through this, and I believe his thinking is, “I’ll go to war, cuz I have these weapons, and you won’t do anything about it!”. He does have a point. One has to wonder what Churchill would have done, or even could have done, if the Nazis had the bomb. He would still have been the stubborn resilient Churchill, but what could he have done? I don’t have a positive answer to that, but the question is fitting now with Ukraine, and I always wonder, what are we doing? The man has 6200 nukes. I think we are teetering on the rim of things that could very quickly get beyond anyone’s control, and I think that is exactly the card Putin is playing. I don’t have an answer, but I worry.
Niels Bohr is one of the greatest physicist in history, and one of those involved with the huge discoveries in the area of atomic physics prior to the arrival of “the bomb”. He coined a term that came out of his work in Quantum mechanics and the strangeness of it compared to the rest of physics, and he called it “Complementarity”. When it became evident that the Manhattan Project would be successful, he used this term to suggest to all who would listen, that the success of this project should be shared, he felt the destructive power of this bomb could end all war. Through contacts, he was able to meet with Roosevelt, and Roosevelt shared Bohr’s idea of sharing with Churchill, who felt that he should be arrested immediately. Obviously Bohr was good hearted, but a bit naive. But this ended up in the MAD status… and we’ve relied on this ever since… that no one would be foolish enough to go to war, the risk is simply too great. But I think Putin has seen through this, and I believe his thinking is, “I’ll go to war, cuz I have these weapons, and you won’t do anything about it!”. He does have a point. One has to wonder what Churchill would have done, or even could have done, if the Nazis had the bomb. He would still have been the stubborn resilient Churchill, but what could he have done? I don’t have a positive answer to that, but the question is fitting now with Ukraine, and I always wonder, what are we doing? The man has 6200 nukes. I think we are teetering on the rim of things that could very quickly get beyond anyone’s control, and I think that is exactly the card Putin is playing. I don’t have an answer, but I worry.