Two tragic geniuses of the 20th century. On the left, Stephen Hawking, in his motorized wheelchair, the man who measured the universe with a paralyzed body and smiled on talk shows to explain why God was superfluous. On the right, Robert Oppenheimer, his slogan: "Peaceful Atom." The director of Los Alamos, who quoted the Bhagavad Gita after the first detonation and subsequently portrayed himself for the rest of his life as a repentant Prometheus.

Two icons of science, both produced by the system, both worn down by the system, both still recycled on T-shirts and coffee mugs! One brain contemplated the end of time, the other built its beginning; both stand here in a game loop where only the pose matters! The black hole becomes a screensaver, the atomic nucleus lands on textbook covers – tragedy is the cheapest raw material of the entertainment industry! The century devours its heroes, vomits them up as merchandise, and celebrates itself as a cultural icon!

Hawking versus Oppenheimer – Black hole meets mushroom cloud
Hawking versus Oppenheimer – Black hole meets mushroom cloud

(via Yurii Yeltsov)

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