The most famous Trinity quote is Oppenheimer's "Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds." I wrote on that awhile back, too — it doesn't mean what many people think it does. It's not Oppenheimer saying HE is the destroyer of worlds...http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/05/23/oppenheimer-gita/ …
It is a heuristic that frequently fails when you are dealing with complicated things and complicated people. Even Oppenheimer's own account puts it in this context, however — it is not Oppenheimer bragging, it is a complex scriptural reference.pic.twitter.com/CEB36dJSCN
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Still think you are making his words “deeper” without compelling evidence here. Also think it’s probably more tempting to do/justify that with “complicated” people. Never seen it as a brag anyway, just an expression of awe at terrible power and the responsibility for it.
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You can read the blog post if you want to understand the argument, and the article that I cite in it looks very closely at Oppenheimer's interactions with Hindu philosophy over his life.
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Ooor you can assume that the quote "reads itself" devoid of the context of the person who said it. Up to you!
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