• Question: could teaching children about explosives, be potentially dangerous for the later generation?

    Asked by mackleve to Andrew, Beth, Bruce, Lindy, Lizzie on 18 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Bruce Alexander

      Bruce Alexander answered on 18 Jun 2012:

      I do not think so. It will be safer for the current generation as it will hopefully stop children playing too much with explosives (as they always have done). If today’s children know more about explosives, the next generation will know more about how to make them, but they will also know more about their dangers and how to detect them.

      Forbidding people to learn about something is a very good way of getting them to look for information about it!

    • Photo: Lizzie Eaves

      Lizzie Eaves answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      I don’t think so either. Similar to Bruce’s answer, the more we know about them the more we can research methods of detection and safe uses of explosives. A few weeks ago I read about some scientists that are trying to create a chemical version of a sniffer dog’s nose to try and detect explosives more effectively – I think this is really exciting and innovative.

      I’ve never been taught directly how to make explosives, and I’m pretty sure you won’t find the instructions in any textbook!!

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