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Re:Christopher Nolan wants Oppenheimer to be a cautionary ta... by johnnyworker on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:58PM (#36761653)
As Joseph Weizenbaum pointed out, it's like saying there are a lot of rapes in Berlin, so why not be a rapist.
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Re:Christopher Nolan wants Oppenheimer to be a cautionary ta... by jcparkyn on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @01:15AM (#36768095)
Not really, because becoming a rapist won't reduce the number of rapes committed by others. On the other hand, inventions can really only be invented once, and successfully inventing or commercialising something _will_ usually reduce the profitability for other companies entering the space (because they'll have to compete, or they don't have the patents, etc).
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