Albert Einstein: How I See the World (Part 4 of 6)

An excellent PBS documentary on Swiss genius Albert Einstein, most commonly known for his theory of relativity. Part 4 of 6

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[TheUndertakerSaysRIP]

I was speechless when he said it was his greatest thrill...... Humanity is fucked up

[Christian Pareja]

Everyone can learn something from everybody.

[Julius gaius]

True. So do I hope.

[Franz Ferdinand]

I'm glad we dropped the bombs. We sent the Japanese a letter before hand saying "surrender now, and we won't drop our bombs on you" but they didn't want to, and even after the first bomb they again refused to surrender. The atomic bombs saved lots of American lives. Also the Japanese families were being trained by the military to kill any American solder if they were to invade. Those clips seem to be Japanese propaganda

[juujuuuujj]

7:55 - That smile... Really proves how a person can detach himself from the suffering he causes.

[jhalfcelt]

Either way it was a horrendous cost to all involved. Long before the advent of nuclear weapons, "conventional " bombs in mass air raids over Hamburg, Dresden, etc cost the lives of tens of thousands. Is their loss any less because nuclear weapons were not employed ?

[jhalfcelt]

"I was speechless when he said it was his greatest thrill...... Humanity is fucked up" A few days later the Pacific theater of War II ended. That airman would no longer have to risk his life over Japan ; neither would his buddies in their B29's.

He felt he was ending a war that had already cost the lives of millions.

How else was he supposed to feel ? They were fighting for their lives every day. No doubt time took its toll on those men who participated in this mission.

[ChrisKellyLove]

Maybe they wanted to know what the bomb would do exactly, so it had to be done on a population, I'm not saying it is right but dropping the bomb vs invading the country with ground troops to be confronted by the entire Japanese population. That could have been a greater death toll. Hopefully, the weapon will never be used again on human lives no matter what the cost or outcome.

[hizson linkee]

the right person with the right means, produced the wrong results...

[Falcrist]

An ignorant airman speaks of the thrill of dropping the bomb. His ignorance contrasts sharply with J. Robert Oppenheimer's famous thoughts about the bomb he had created.

This will sound ridiculous, but I hope that man remained ignorant for the remainder of his days. That is a moral burden I wish on no-one. All that blood. All those innocent lives.

History will forever question that terrible event.