Have you heard of Alan Turing?

4 points by SagelyGuru 14y ago ↗ HN

It is the centenary of his birth on 23rd June. There was a post here today which attracted no comments. So I tried again with a link to

http://www.turingcentenary.eu/

and a long comment. Again, the same thing. Not a single comment or upvote. You had never seen a topic disappear off the front page so fast. It was long gone before I even had the time to finish my comment.

So now I am just curious. Have you heard of him? Do you care? Is he just another foreign/irrelevant/faggot (tick all that apply).

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crisnoble 14y ago ↗

Of course I've heard of him, anyone who hasn't can get a quick overview here: http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2012/mar/19/turi...

reiz 14y ago ↗

Of course. I studied computer science in Germany and Alan Turing was a fundamental element of the study. Learning how the turing machine is working was mandatory. I studied from 2000 - 2005.

azmenthe 14y ago ↗

This is like asking a Human Rights group if they've heard of Ghandi