> Clearly Turing was a brilliant man who played in key role in the war by
> breaking the code. But was that by definition an act of political and
> social consciousness? Let's put it this way: was Edward Teller's
> collaboration in building the atom bomb and act of political and social
> consciousness? Given everything we know about Teller afterwards, no. Was it
> such an act on the part of Oppenheimer? Given everything we know about
> Oppenheimer afterward, possibly.
>
You wouldn't say Teller's work was informed by a political and social consciousness, even one that we would consider warped?
-- Andy