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		29athrowaway on Sept 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What John von Neumann Did at Los Alamos We should clone von Neumann. "You know, Herb, Johnny can do calculations in his head ten times as fast as I can. And I can do them ten times as fast as you can, so you can see how impressive Johnny is". - Enrico Fermi

in3d on Sept 28, 2021 [–]

Assuming that it is indeed technically possible, is there any way to do it and not have it be an ethical nightmare?

29athrowaway on Sept 28, 2021 | [–]

The country with more von Neumann clones wins.

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