CarlShulman comments on Being Half-Rational About Pascal's Wager is Even Worse - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CarlShulman 18 April 2013 05:20:02PM 10 points [-]

Isn't Fermi the guy who insisted that a nuclear reaction could set the atmosphere on fire in a massive nuclear reaction?

That was Teller. And I think it was more "raised the possibility" than "insisted."