Re: Lunacy from Brussels


richard mullens wrote:

> Pooh Bear wrote:
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> > richard mullens wrote:
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> >>Pooh Bear wrote:
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> >>>Dave Holford wrote:
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> >>>>Richard the Dreaded Libertarian wrote:
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> >>>>>And, make no mistake, the US has been stockpiling weapons of mass
> >>>>>destruction since they discovered the Atomic Bomb.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thanks,
> >>>>>Rich
> >>>>
> >>>>They, and a lot of others were stockpiling weapons of mass destruction long
> >>>>before they 'invented' the Atomic Bomb.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Why do you put 'invented' in quotation marks ? The atom bomb was indeed an
> >>>invention. It was *not* a discovery.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Einstein invented the Atom bomb.
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> >
> > I think it's more accurate to say that Einstein 'conceived' the A-bomb.
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> > It's invention was at Los Alamos.
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> Designed and built there. I'm sure there were some inventions along the way - but the idea predated Los Alamos.

Which is why I used the term 'conceived'. I wonder if there's any hard and fast definition of invention that takes
full account of both the theoretical and practical aspects.

Graham


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