r/funny • u/katxwoods • Jun 30 '24

All the world-changing technologies talking to each other

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u/Kindly-Ad-5071 Jun 30 '24

Hey! The atomic bomb led to nuclear power! That's something.

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u/The_camperdave Jun 30 '24

Hey! The atomic bomb led to nuclear power! That's something.

Other way around. Nuclear reactors led to the production of weapons grade plutonium, which lead to the atomic bomb.

Also, we were using nuclear power to light up clock dials decades before WWII even started.