Commentary: The world must leave room for people such as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Alan Turing
by Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune
Aug 03, 2023
2 minutes
The movie “Oppenheimer” reminds us that a healthy society must leave room for people who face down power to pursue truth, who introduce new ways of thinking or who choose to follow alternative life paths.
A brilliant but eccentric scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer led the world into the Atomic Age only to run afoul of government investigators. He also calls to mind a similar
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