[machinehermiter]

He also thought we would soon be able to completely control the weather.

To me, his thoughts on the weather are some of his most interesting things to read just from the fact even someone with the brain power of Von Neuman could be utterly and completely wrong.

It is the ultimate lesson in the fallibility of what you believe to be true.

[zzzzzzzza]

I would say his take on nuclear power is more obviously bad than his climate take. We just haven't been bothered enough/had the political will to try and intervene at the scale he imagined with regards to the weather. Whereas with nuclear the economics never worked out.

[kaba0]

What do you mean by his take on nuclear power?

[zzzzzzzza]

thought it would lead to almost limitless, pretty much free energy that would revolutionize society, a pretty common take at the time.