TehBamski@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhat's something that feels illegal to know?message-squaremessage-square274fedilinkarrow-up1277arrow-down17
arrow-up1270arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something that feels illegal to know?TehBamski@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square274fedilink
minus-squareZacryon@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·10 months agoHow to construct systems which are used for civil applications but can easily be turned into weapons. Or the good old question of science and responsibility: do you use nuclear fission to create energy or to kill an enormous amount of people?
minus-squareBuffaloaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 months agoIn engineering school there was a joke a professor told us: What’s the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers? Mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets.
minus-squareCaptainProton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoAny kind of energy can be used for good or diverted for evil. Transport vehicles have a lot of kinetic energy, etc.
How to construct systems which are used for civil applications but can easily be turned into weapons.
Or the good old question of science and responsibility: do you use nuclear fission to create energy or to kill an enormous amount of people?
In engineering school there was a joke a professor told us:
What’s the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers?
Mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets.
Any kind of energy can be used for good or diverted for evil. Transport vehicles have a lot of kinetic energy, etc.
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