The NSF was founded in 1950, two years after this story was published. The story was published when people were discussing founding the NSF.
So the joke is that Szilard expects the NSF to slow science down.
Or that he believes this is what it would actually accomplish in practice, but couldn’t directly say it.
The NSF was founded in 1950, two years after this story was published. The story was published when people were discussing founding the NSF.
So the joke is that Szilard expects the NSF to slow science down.
Or that he believes this is what it would actually accomplish in practice, but couldn’t directly say it.