[WikiEN-l] Docs look to Wikipedia for condition info: Manhattan Research

[Amory Meltzer]

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> The exact specifications of the "Little Boy" bomb remain classified<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_information>because they could still be used to create a viable nuclear weapon.
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First line of the section.  That sort of sums up this whole debate  - it's
essentially a risk-benefit analysis.  I don't think The Bomb is a great
analogy since the risks obviously outweigh the (largely absent) benefits,
but I find Goodman's argument pretty convincing in mentioning LD50s.

~A

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 14:14, <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 5/25/2009 8:23:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> nawrich at gmail.com writes:
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> > it's roughly analogous
> > to why we don't include instructions on how to make bombs.>>
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> -------------
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> Well sheeeeeet.
> I've been following these instructions for a while now already!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy#Assembly_details
>
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