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rahulyctoday at 1:37 AM1 replyview on HN

It was pretty disheartening to hear that only a single scientist quit the Manhattan Project after the Nazi's were defeated. I'm pleasantly surprised that the people working on this seem wiser. He is not the first, and hopefully will not be the last to do this.


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skew-aberrationtoday at 2:37 AM

Many also claimed altruistic motivations for continuing their work, sharing technology with the Soviets