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A comment on The U.S. government's long and shameful history of intercepting people's letters. Parent comment
Feynman's story of how he didn't get drafted is pretty well known.
He also tells some stories about how clueless the military was, because they had no concept of nuclear physics at that time, which would be expected.
Like, they didn't realize neutrons that go through water are much more dangerous.
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Feynman's story of how he didn't get drafted is pretty well known.
He also tells some stories about how clueless the military was, because they had no concept of nuclear physics at that time, which would be expected.
Like, they didn't realize neutrons that go through water are much more dangerous.