[chrisser]

I wonder why that might be?

Nefarious intent aside, if there's no working theory available to explain the results, it's awfully difficult to build a device that can operate safely. There's no framework to predict what might happen. I'd have to think these guys are just plodding around in the dark, tweaking here and there just to see what will happen.

Imagine someone who stumbled onto nuclear fission, maybe by building a radioactive pile and noticing it got warm, but didn't have the theory to predict critical mass, or even suspect that critical mass was a factor. Could easily build a bomb by mistake.

[dhs12345]

Sort of like Edison’s approach but with more severe consequences than pungent odors or burnt fingers.

[fuente]

Close...you can’t build a bomb by mistake, but you could potentially irradiate the hell out of everything and everybody. In fact, we really kind of did that during development.