Maybe There's a Pattern Here?
2 days ago
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- #military_technology
- #inventors
- Richard Gatling envisioned his rapid-fire gun as a means to reduce the size of armies and minimize exposure to battle and disease.
- Hermann Oberth's work on rocketry inspired the formation of the VfR, which initially focused on space travel but was later absorbed by the military under Nazi control.
- Alberto Santos-Dumont, often seen as a pacifist, initially promoted military uses for airplanes but later advocated for peace and the banning of planes in warfare.
- Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, which was primarily used for construction and mining, but he also expressed a desire to create weapons so destructive they would prevent war.
- Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47, later expressed guilt over the deaths caused by his creation and reflected on the coexistence of good and evil.
- Leo Szilárd, a key figure in the development of nuclear weapons, warned against their use on Japan and advocated for international control to prevent a nuclear arms race.