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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by None4U on Friday July 21, 2023 @12:21AM (#36809967)
Anyone who has ever pondered the existence of extraterrestrial life has heard of Fermi's paradox, while only history buffs interested in WWII or Japan or the Second Red Scare or alternatively science geeks interested in nuclear explosives have ever heard of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by andsoitis on Friday July 21, 2023 @12:43AM (#36810084)
Aren't there more people who are seriously interested in and studying WWII history than there are people who are seriously interested in and studying extraterrestrial life?

google trends seems to agree: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=world%20...

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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by regularfry on Friday July 21, 2023 @04:40AM (#36811487)
Not necessarily the bit with Oppenheimer in it. He's not hugely relevant outside making things go bang in new and exciting ways.

Whereas Fermi (in the context of the Fermi paradox) is kinda foundational, if you're in the extraterrestrial life field.

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