Assess the following as probably true, as probably false, as requiring further documentation before judgment, or as a claim that cannot properly be evaluated. Consider both the nature of the claim and the source."[Atmospheric nuclear] tests do not seriously endanger either present or future generations."-Edward Teller, physicist, one of the "fathers" of the atomic bomb, 1958
What will be an ideal response?
Requires further documentation. We'd expect this kind of claim, coming from such a source, to be trustworthy. That it turned out to be false probably shows either that Teller was biased or that there was not enough information on the effects of atmospheric tests in 1958, or both.
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