“Did Nobel ever think his discovery be used as a weapon in wars and terrorism,” wondered Prof. Roberts.
Prof. Ken Roberts of Harvard was looking absentmindedly at his Nobel medal, awarded for discovering a breakthrough medicine to alleviate the pain in cancer patients. During research, he uncovered that by tweaking the molecule, it could become a potent addictive street-drug. The thought “What if?” terrifies him. His phone rang. Prof. Max Weinberg from Stanford just lost his son in a mass-shooting in a mall. The perpetrator began the process by pulling down the red fire alarm and then targeted fleeing shoppers.
“Did Nobel ever think his discovery be used as a weapon in wars and terrorism,” wondered Prof. Roberts. Comments are closed.
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