What did splitting the atom really achieve for humanity?

[PlasmaBomb]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
It's a symbol of our dominion over nature. By splitting the atom, we've shown that sometimes matter just needs to back the fuck down.

LOL

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Well, look, we've split the atom, we've got digital watches... compare this with the dolphin. All they've ever done is muck about in the water having a good time. This proves our superiority.

"It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons." ~ Douglas Adams

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
It's a symbol of our dominion over nature. By splitting the atom, we've shown that sometimes matter just needs to back the fuck down.

:laugh:

 

[her209]

It did nothing for the huge manatees.

 

[BladeVenom]

Splitting the atom (fission) enabled us to put them together (fusion).

 

[jaqie]

The biggest advantage is this: prior to the dual bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki, the global death toll per year from wars had risen exponentially for hundreds of years. After the bombings, it dropped off sharply, and has stayed steady at about a million a year. While a lot otherwise is up for debate, that is not, and it is definitely a good thing. Fear of mutually assured destruction is a powerful thing.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
It's a symbol of our dominion over nature. By splitting the atom, we've shown that sometimes matter just needs to back the fuck down.

:laugh:

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: videogames101

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
It's a symbol of our dominion over nature. By splitting the atom, we've shown that sometimes matter just needs to back the fuck down.

LOL

win

:laugh:

 

[Jumpem]

Nuclear weapons have saved millions of lives. They ended WWII early, and prevented an outright war between the West and East in the mid part of the last century.

 

[Chiropteran]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

What real daily tangible benefit has this whole atom splitting thing given humanity?

WMDs