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		lihaciudaniel on April 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Frank Ramsey – The Man Who Thought Too Fast Turing death made him famous, I wouldn't bet on that

MaxBarraclough on April 30, 2020 | [–]

Can I assume you know little of Turing's accomplishments?

Like von Neumann, he's famous for a reason.

shkkmo on April 30, 2020 | [–]

I rather think making arguably the biggest individual contribution to winning the biggest war in history is a pretty big contributor to his game. His role in the founding of computer science also doesn't hurt.

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