Science

[Gordon Fitch]

"Justin Schwartz" <jkschw at hotmail.com>:
> > But I 
> > still 
> > know a bit about physics. I would be pretty surprised if there was 
> > much in 
> > quantum physics that helped ordinary people in any direct way, or 
> > hurt them 
> > either. --jks

Jim Farmelant:
> There is of course the little matter of nuclear weapons.  Quantum
> mechanics underlies nuclear physics.  I suppose that
> nuclear weapons & nuclear power have had some impact
> on the lives of ordinary people.

QM underlies the behavior of transistors; thus, computers
and the like.  But maybe this is not "direct".