Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppenheimer?

Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by DharmaPolice on Friday July 21, 2023 @05:12AM (#36811696)

I don't know about taking offence but there's something grating about the tendency to try and "rank" everything (either explicitly or implicitly) - which underpins so much internet content. Such discussions always feel like those "who would win in a fight" conversations you may have had as a kid.

This is not to say everyone is equal let's all sing kumbaya but if we're discussing classical composers do we really need to rank someone vs Mozart/Bach/Beethoven? It rarely adds anything.

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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by epolanski on Friday July 21, 2023 @05:31AM (#36811820)

I understand that too, but you also need to understand that the public for such articles are the people that wonder exactly how does Oppenheimer ranks among the scientists of his era.

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