That is the biggest fool thing we have ever done. The [atomic] bomb will never go off, and I speak as an expert in explosives.
Admiral William D. Leahy comment on the U.S. Atomic Bomb Project, to President Harry S. Truman in 1945
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I love this. I wonder if anyone has ever done a collection of quotes that turned out to be completely wrong? Things like:
“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”
-Charles H. Duell Commissioner of US patent office in 1899
“640K ought to be enough for anyone”
-Bill Gates CEO Microsoft
I couldn’t resist including this one to bookend the Alamogordo description. I could imagine my own words being highlighted like this if dark matter ever gets discovered.
“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”
-Charles H. Duell Commissioner of US patent office in 1899
Hmmm. The atom bomb in 1945 begs to differ.
“640K ought to be enough for anyone”
-Bill Gates CEO Microsoft
Most watches probably have a hundred times that at least.