Re: War is the Mother of All Inventions
Ruhama Brown
I agree with the statement “war is the mother of all inventions”. Life is the motivation in all aspects of war, whether it is life of the soldiers or the citizens involved in it, and when life is on the line the need for innovation of technologies and battle artilleries are the escape of death onto another day. There was a clear motive and purpose behind the construction of the Arpanet and it was to not only better communicate but gain advantage for the nation they were trying to protect. It was war. Although there was never an actual war during the cold war the fear of death at any moment drove each opponents to crazily seek an advantage and superiority over one another. Since aircraft was the only way to deliver a nuclear weapon to a distant target at that point (paragraph 1) the U.S. had to come up with something that was going to aid them through this “war” thus leading them to convene an ADSEC. Throughout the article “WHY THE AIRPANT WAS BUILT” you see that the drive of these inventions is fear that leading opponent will dominate through the war. “Arms race” (a competition between nations to have the most powerful armament) and “space race”(a period of time when the soviet union and the united states focused on beating each other in space exploration) have one thing in common and its competition. And this competition is what we know as war. I won’t retaliate the same thing over and over again but it is very self-evident that through the strive to excel (where life is on the line) comes some of the greatest invention.so I conclude in saying this, I’m pretty sure if your butt was on the line (excuse my poor vocabulary) you would definitely try to be inventing something, if not an invisible cloth. You can call it war, the fear to die in a war, call it whatever you please but in the end "WAR IS THE MOTHER OF ALL INVENTIONS".
I disagree with the following statement “War is the Mother of All
Inventions”. My argument is that war is obliviously not the creator of
ALL inventions. Key word “ALL”. Yes I agree, war had a major impact on
technology advancement and new inventions but the quote states “ALL
inventions”. Not ALL inventions were created because of wars. I don’t
recall cosmetics being an invention due to the cause of war.
During the Cold War advancement in technology took place. On January
31, 1950 “President Turman decided to accelerate the development of
fusion weapons” in order to restrain the Soviet Union from proceeding
making their fission weapons useless. (P.II) What lead to a response
of the Cold War confrontation was the “launch of an earth satellite by
the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957”. By this invention the USSR could
deliver missiles armed with nuclear warheads to the US. This created a
“space race” and “arms race” resulting in an increase in research and
education in science and engineering. All of this was initiated
because of the war ONLY. The “Think Tank” involved ideals,
mathematical analysis, and the analogy simulation in facilities all
taking place in the System Research Laboratory. This practically
turned into a competition or a “race” to see who could invent the next
big thing first. What caused the countries to compete was the fear of
being defeated. When North Korea invaded South Korea, the U.S.
responded by creating the ARPA for research and projects because they
saw the necessity for air defense.
The Cold War led to many new or developing ideas in technology however
war only caused these science and math inventions such as the
internet. The more appropriate quote would be “Necessity is the Mother
of ALL inventions” meaning complicated situations motivate ingenious
solutions. People will do anything if they are in desperate need of it
like the U.S. was when they realized they needed an air defense. War
was a threat, nuclear weapons were needed, advancement in
communication was needed, and new inventions were invented but not ALL
inventions were created because of war.