“Ed Teller Syndrome”, named after one of the worst [...] humans in history, afaict
One of the worst humans!—because of the H-bomb, presumably? Does intent matter at all? I feel like MAD-style theorizing (“If we have a slim chance of survival, it lies in the possibility to get rid of wars”) and fear of the Soviets getting there first (“Would I have given the same answer if my friend Tisza had not told me about the persecution of Lev Landau in the Soviet Union?”) are sufficiently sympathetic motivations to escape the worst humans shortlist.
One of the worst humans!—because of the H-bomb, presumably? Does intent matter at all? I feel like MAD-style theorizing (“If we have a slim chance of survival, it lies in the possibility to get rid of wars”) and fear of the Soviets getting there first (“Would I have given the same answer if my friend Tisza had not told me about the persecution of Lev Landau in the Soviet Union?”) are sufficiently sympathetic motivations to escape the worst humans shortlist.