God and Babies

I have become Death, Destroyer of worlds.

apparently, that is what Robert Oppenheimer said when he witnessed the detonation of Little Roy. when Einstein witnessed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he regretted E=MC^2.

and that is the case with most scientific developments. science has progressed at an exponential rate, but our moral restraints, our spiritual growth, our wisdom has not grown. we are like babies wielding the power of Gods.

i just read this article on how the NPT is falling apart in the Asia Times (Working Together to Arm the World). there's this line in there that really stood out: The US and Russia built up such an excess of nuclear bombs during the Cold War that they can string out their dismantlement almost indefinitely without carving into their joint capacity to finish off most of human civilization.

the irony of the situation is that the nuclear haves will use their nuclear arsenal to stop the have-nots from getting the nuclear capacity. for example, Britain has expressed that the principle of no-first-use is incompatible with their doctrine of deterrence and that it may initiate a nuclear war to achieve nuclear disaramament. isn't it ironic?

this can only go to serve a proliferation of nuclear armaments. it's like a multi-party prisoners' dilemna. the most rational outcome is not the best outcome, but the best outcome can only be achieved if EVERY party trusts one another and works for the GREATER GOOD. alas. alas.

nuclear energy. fission and fusion. splitting and joining. the mystery behind the brilliance of the stars, the power of God in our hands. what are we going to do with this great power?

xx

for some reason, i can't link do any linking. but i'm sure you can just google the Asia Times website. and if you are interested to find out more about developments in nuclear energy production, you might want to google ITER too.