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很多人小时候都曾梦想过要当发明家，希望自己的奇思妙想能给人类带来福音。不过，很多现实中的发明不仅没能造福人类，让世界变得更美好，反而违背了发明者的初衷，令发明者深感懊悔。下面就请随本文一起看看都有哪些令发明者后悔的发明。

仅仅因为一个人发明了一件东西，并不意味着其会对最后的结果感到高兴。

J. Robert Oppenheimer1）/ Albert Einstein—The Atomic Bomb

Its J. Robert Oppenheimer who， as director of the Los Alamos Laboratory2） during World War II， is credited with the creation of the atomic bomb. But Albert Einsteins work made it possible.

Despite past associations with left wing organizations， Oppenheimer welcomed the opportunity to play a part in the war effort. Later， however， he had mixed feelings about the bomb. “I have no remorse3） about the making of the bomb … As for how we used it， I understand why it happened and appreciate with what nobility those men with whom Id worked made their decision. But I do not have the feeling that it was done right. The ultimatum4） to Japan [the Potsdam Proclamation5） demanding Japans surrender] was full of pious6） platitudes7） .... Our government should have acted with more foresight and clarity in telling the world and Japan what the bomb meant，” he said.

Einstein was less equivocal8）. Years later he regretted having signed a letter to President Roosevelt urging him to support the research of physicists into nuclear chain reactions and their use as a weapon， because he believed the Germans were already working on it. “Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb，” he said， “I would have never lifted a finger.”

J·罗伯特·奥本海默/阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦：原子弹

J·罗伯特·奥本海默是二战时期洛斯·阿拉莫斯实验室的主任，他被认为是原子弹的发明者。但却是阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦的工作让这一发明成为可能。

尽管曾与左翼组织有关联，奥本海默仍很高兴能有機会参与这一与战争有关的工作。但后来，他对原子弹却百感交集。“我不后悔研制原子弹……至于我们是怎么使用它的，我知道事情发生的原因，理解那些曾与我一起共事的人是怀着怎样崇高的理由做出了他们的决定。但我并不认为这么做就是对的。对日本的最后通牒（指要求日本投降的《波茨坦公告》）里头全是虚伪的套话……我们的政府本应更加深谋远虑，更加明确地告诉全世界，告诉日本，原子弹意味着什么。”奥本海默说。

爱因斯坦的态度就没这么模棱两可。他曾在致罗斯福总统的信上署名，敦促罗斯福总统支持物理学家研究核链式反应及其武器用途，因为那时他以为德国人已经在研究了。多年后，他对此表示后悔。“要是早知道德国人造不出原子弹，”他说，“我决不会出手帮忙。