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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by cwillu on Thursday July 20, 2023 @09:15PM (#36808930)
Political Officer: “And the seventh angel poured his bowl into the air, and a voice cried out from heaven, saying: "It is done." A man with your responsibilities reading about the end of the world. And what's this? "I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds."”

Captain Ramius: “It is an ancient Hindu text, quoted by an American.”

Political Officer: “An American?”

Captain Ramius: “Mmm. He invented the atomic bomb. And was later accused of being a communist.”

--The Hunt for Red October (1990 movie, not sure its in the book)

Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by askin4it on Thursday July 20, 2023 @09:26PM (#36809001)
Battling narratives....

Public interest in his politics was relevant. He probably was a fellow traveler so what?