Alan Turing

[Ironhead]

Button says I agree with the SJC. Who or what is that? Inquiring minds want to know.

I believe that SJC stands for "Social Justice Committee".

 

[C Dick]

I think we have to assume the lady with the sign is being sarcastic. If she really did not like Alan Turing for being gay, she would not be pointing out that he invented the computer and won WWII.

 

[Rockslinger]

Mr. Turing is just one of many gay notables throughout history. Here is a partial list of other gay notables.
Alexander the great
Aristotle (check spelling)
Socrates (check spelling)
Leonardo da Vinci
Michaelangelo
Sir Issac Newton
(Disclosure: I am as straight as an arrow.)

 

[Big Rig]

Mr. Turing is just one of many gay notables throughout history. Here is a partial list of other gay notables.
Alexander the great
Aristotle (check spelling)
Socrates (check spelling)
Leonardo da Vinci
Michaelangelo
Sir Issac Newton
(Disclosure: I am as straight as an arrow.)

Unsure of Newton

He never married but a gay ?

 

[Rockslinger]

Unsure of Newton
He never married but a gay ?

Ok, let's delete Sir Issac from the list. The list I saw was probably complied by the Gay Community and maybe they got a little carried away.

 

[danmand]

Ok, let's delete Sir Issac from the list. The list I saw was probably complied by the Gay Community and maybe they got a little carried away.

He was keenly interested in low hanging fruit.

 

[Rockslinger]

He was keenly interested in low hanging fruit.

Thanks for the bit of humour. Guys, is it true that their most important scientific work is done before our famous scientists turned 43? This was certaintly true for our Sir Issac.

 

[Rockslinger]

For mathematicians, it is usually early 20s.

Why is that? Sir Issac lived to be 84 and his best works were all done by the age of 43.

It is the same for swimmers (unless one is swimming lakes). If you haven't won a gold medal by your early 20's, then you won't in your lifetime.

 

[benstt]

Why is that? Sir Issac lived to be 84 and his best works were all done by the age of 43.
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It takes huge powers of memory and concentration to deal with all the math you need to learn as a base, and also you need to dive very deeply into one topic to learn enough to contribute something new. And be gifted enough to develop a new insight.

Those abilities decline naturally, but also take a big hit if you're not living like a monk. People still get insights as they mature, and likely have a better ability to see the big picture, but their mental strengths are changed.

How many people with wife, kids, etc in their forties and fifties think they have the same ability to focus as a twenty year old? Where are those damn car keys anyway?

There was a part in Cryptonomicon, a novel partly about a code breaking mathematician, where he concluded that he had better get married to a woman he found distracting, and get himself properly laid, or else the war effort might suffer. (Meant to be funny, but a bone of truth.)

 

[james t kirk]

It takes huge powers of memory and concentration to deal with all the math you need to learn as a base, and also you need to dive very deeply into one topic to learn enough to contribute something new. And be gifted enough to develop a new insight.

Those abilities decline naturally, but also take a big hit if you're not living like a monk. People still get insights as they mature, and likely have a better ability to see the big picture, but their mental strengths are changed.

How many people with wife, kids, etc in their forties and fifties think they have the same ability to focus as a twenty year old? Where are those damn car keys anyway?

There was a part in Cryptonomicon, a novel partly about a code breaking mathematician, where he concluded that he had better get married to a woman he found distracting, and get himself properly laid, or else the war effort might suffer. (Meant to be funny, but a bone of truth.)

Same goes for Rock and Roll.

Good music requires the anger that comes with youth, and emotion.

If you haven't made it by the time you're 25, odds are you aren't going to make it when you're 40.

Also, look at the great bands - they all did their best work in their 20's and early 30's. (Mind you, it's hard to be pissed off when you've got shit loads of money in the bank.)