REWRITE POST #42: i get TIRED of thousands of opinions about Einstein/God And The A-bomb(and by many people that don't even know Leo Szilard's name!) So here be that facts in brief--the fewer words used the better you know what you are talking about.
After the A-bomb usage, Einstein fell into a period of self hatred saying he was driven to his discoveries out of a desperate fear of annihilation at death and thought by his becoming world famous he at least would escape the terror of anonymity via being indeed an immortal: he therefore, I read in a family suppressed essay, from 1950(which I read in 1959) said he was really a coward, with a wide yellow stripe down his back.
He then became adamant he would be annihilated at death and he saw G-d as brilliant at Math but IMPERSONAL and not caring about what it resulted in. But he was paradoxical, for he then said he only hopes he his forgiven for recommending to FDR to build an A-Bomb(which (Einstein wished NEVER to be used), but he via Szilard contact realized that with horror what if Germany got it first.
In has last week when he knew he would die at any moment, he played over over Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis", when asked, why he an atheist, now, why does he play that piece of music and he replied " I am something new a religious atheist".
Given that was his LAST STATEMENT we can say, Einstein himself was conflicted by the question all his life. He died an extremely heroic death---in extreme pain he continued to work on equations---a loud scream of agony was then heard for a moment, and he was then found dead p.s. Einstein truly believed his theories could NEVER lead to an A-Bomb, it was Szilard that taught him, he was wrong.
Szilard secretly hid his knowledge(for 6 years!) until he became aware that by trial and error Germany stumbled upon the "chain reaction" could be done.. Szilard himself had the answer flash upon him while reading H.G.Wells sci-fi book on the Atomic Bomb in 1932---it resolved around the newly discovered Neutron. Yada Yada Szilard was amongst the original founders of S.A.N.E.. and seen as one of the earliest proponents of "The Green Movement" P.S. Here is my antidote for all this Plastique Bertrand youtube.com (VBG:) |
