his role in the U.S. space program is totally overestimated...

I can't read german and so I can't see what the arguments are for von Braun's role being overestimated. it's understandable (judging from mankind's history) that a lot of people if they could would revise history and flush out a "nazi" (notice the quotes) or at least the inventor of the V2 (but not the one who gave the order to fire it onto civilians) from one of their nation's greatest achievements. I mean peaceful achievements ...

I am for using knowledge wherever it comes from (not the same as banning some knowledge as too dangerous, e.g. nuclear bomb), but I am willing to discuss this and possibly change my mind. The dilemma being if said knowledge was a product of human/animal exploitation or just unethical and we used it, it may encourage further exploitation and we may find ourselves back to colonialism and the slave-trade. The DNA trio and the unfortunate fourth (the only female btw) is a case where colleagues antagonize and eventually backstub others. Sure Capitalism is based on the exploitation of labour of human beings. A lot of medicines and technology came from overworking and profiting from your workers (foxconn and france telecom suicides are an example of extreme exploitation). MOST importantly, not everyone has access to the products of that knowledge - do you know what diabetes medicines cost in some countries? So, what was the sacrifice and pain all about? The profit of the few?

But my problem is with the hypocricy behind trying to eliminate the roles of disputable knowledge and people after we used them and made sure we sucked out all we could from them. Operation_Paperclip brought to the USA 1600 nazi (with or without quotes) to transfer knowledge gained under the 3rd reich and even from within auswitch so it was very intentional.

Set the rules against exploitation and that backstubbing antagonism first, then punish those that violate the rules. Any knowlegde smuggled through should be stripped from authorship and eliminate its source. But keep it and reuse it- it was too expensive to gain anyway. But those in power, media or government, please! spare us the hypocricy.

In the name of science

bw, bliako

In reply to Re^3: If you were the first to set foot on the Moon, what would be your epigram? by bliako
in thread If you were the first to set foot on the Moon, what would be your epigram? by Arunbear

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