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Comment author: Slider 27 November 2014 01:27:56AM -1 points [-]

Studying computers I have ran into Turings name occasionally. When I actually looked up the papers he had wrote that seeded the concepts that caryy his name, this was a very refreshing read. To me they stand the test of tmie well. I knew that Turing committed suicide that had to do with him being a homosexual. Now I have learned of suggestions that official instituitons might have had a helping hand in that and that there wil be no offcial apology.

Turing was quite young and what he produced was pretty good stuff. I would have been really exited to read what he would have written if he had been on the field for 5 times as much. Shortening that lifespan motivated with something as silly as homosexuality inflamed me with a big anger emotion.

You can add to your list of why we don't have the singularity yet the item of "not tolerant enough".

Comment author: polymathwannabe 27 November 2014 01:36:24AM 2 points [-]