Daghlian and Slotin's positions just before their accidents. Daghlian's brick dropped, Slotin's screwdriver slipped.pic.twitter.com/ppKNIpnXaA
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@wellerstein@ArmsControlWonk didn't Fermi stop in briefly before accident & say the experimenters had a death wish?
@bizzyunderscore @ArmsControlWonk And switched to remotely-operated assemblies (e.g. like Godiva: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godiva_device …)
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@wellerstein@ArmsControlWonk they blew Godiva too, but luckily there wasn't a dope standing there with a screwdriver when it happened :) -
@bizzyunderscore@ArmsControlWonk Right — a remote setup like Godiva makes a "whoops" into a teachable moment rather than a tragedy. -
@wellerstein@ArmsControlWonk is it still a "teachable" if they clearly didn't learn anything?
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@bizzyunderscore Can't prove a negative.@wellerstein@ArmsControlWonk
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