Is the Atomic Bomb a Hoax Perpetuated by Conspiracy Theorists?

[Hornbein]

Someone wrote to me that the atomic bomb didn't exist and was probably a hoax. T

They said that in World War II German scientists declared the bomb impossible. German scientists were the best in the world so the bomb must be fake.

 

[hutchphd]

Sure makes the Apollo 11 hoax pale by comparison.

 

[Hornbein]

Later the same day someone else informed me that all taxes were unnecessary. Not in the same league, but impressive considering that's two in one day.

 

[Baluncore]

And I was told that military secrecy is only needed because, if the citizens found out how incompetent the military was, they would withdraw funding.

 

[berkeman]

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