Human thoughts are the real danger
Published: Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 07:34 PM.
To the editor:
I’d like to explore a piece of history with you — a time that changed the world forever and still excites to this very day. It took place over seven decades ago, and its effect on the human race still casts a foreshadow of impending doom over the world.
It started with an idea, a thought exploring what had never been. An idea that seemed more important than the reality of what could be, what would be, or what should have been. On July 16, 1945, at place code-named Trinity, the world was changed forever.
In the light of a thousand suns, the world heard the words, “I am death, the destroyer of worlds.”
We now have nine nations, going on 10, with nuclear weapons — and this could really get out of control.
There is a saying, “Once the genie is out, you can’t put him back in the bottle.” In other words, once you invent something, you can’t un-invent it.
But there may be a solution. The solution would be to replace them with something else, or make them obsolete, too expensive to maintain or make.
That’s easier said than done. It is beginning to look like the most dangerous things in the world are human thoughts. It seems that everything that ever was started with a thought — an idea, invisible pieces of information entering the mind from sources unknown.
Bruce Knipp
Jacksonville
