Comments on: HOWTO think like Alan Turing http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/howto-think-like-alan-turing.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 03:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: tubacat http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/howto-think-like-alan-turing.html#comment-1453139 tubacat Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166688#comment-1453139 Imagine what Alan Turing might have done if he hadn't been persecuted and driven to suicide by homophobes... Imagine what Alan Turing might have done if he hadn’t been persecuted and driven to suicide by homophobes…

]]> By: Jonathan Roberts http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/howto-think-like-alan-turing.html#comment-1453012 Jonathan Roberts Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166688#comment-1453012 Edwin Hubble was also quite famous for his athleticism. From Wikipedia: He won seven first places and a third place in a single high school track and field meet in 1906. That year he also set the state high school record for the high jump in Illinois. Another of his personal interests was dry-fly fishing, and he practiced amateur boxing as well.  Edwin Hubble was also quite famous for his athleticism. From Wikipedia:

He won seven first places and a third place in a single high school track and field meet in 1906. That year he also set the state high school record for the high jump in Illinois. Another of his personal interests was dry-fly fishing, and he practiced amateur boxing as well. 

]]> By: daen http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/howto-think-like-alan-turing.html#comment-1452992 daen Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166688#comment-1452992 http://memegenerator.net/instance/22097281?urlName=Put-A-Turing-On-It&browsingOrder=New&browsingTimeSpan=AllTime http://memegenerator.net/instance/22097281?urlName=Put-A-Turing-On-It&browsingOrder=New&browsingTimeSpan=AllTime

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/howto-think-like-alan-turing.html#comment-1452689 niktemadur Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166688#comment-1452689 <i>He even came close to a shot at the 1948 Olympic Games, a bid cut short by an injury. </i> It's very good to know that Mr Turing had more than a bit of fun, the martyr image is not the full picture of the man. He even came close to a shot at the 1948 Olympic Games, a bid cut short by an injury.

It’s very good to know that Mr Turing had more than a bit of fun, the martyr image is not the full picture of the man.

]]> By: Jeremy Mesiano-Crookston http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/howto-think-like-alan-turing.html#comment-1452551 Jeremy Mesiano-Crookston Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166688#comment-1452551 How to Think like Alan Turing: Step 1: Be sure to be born one of the singular, unparalleled geniuses of your generation. Step 2: Okay.... first, go into the....  no... okay - well actually it's pretty much just step 1.  How to Think like Alan Turing:

Step 1: Be sure to be born one of the singular, unparalleled geniuses of your generation.
Step 2: Okay…. first, go into the….  no… okay – well actually it’s pretty much just step 1. 

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/howto-think-like-alan-turing.html#comment-1452417 Nathan Hornby Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166688#comment-1452417 I find any activity that removes you from the situation helps. Some find their best ideas in the shower, or while having a cigarette or cup of tea in the garden. I always have my revelations on my walk to and from the office. I find any activity that removes you from the situation helps. Some find their best ideas in the shower, or while having a cigarette or cup of tea in the garden.

I always have my revelations on my walk to and from the office.

]]> By: Jonathan Roberts http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/howto-think-like-alan-turing.html#comment-1452392 Jonathan Roberts Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166688#comment-1452392 I wonder if running long distances helped him in his thinking? I certainly find the repetitive nature of running (or cycling) useful when you want to think something through without attacking it directly. It's a shame that's never led to something like envisioning a computer in my case, just more mundane solutions to problems! I wonder if running long distances helped him in his thinking? I certainly find the repetitive nature of running (or cycling) useful when you want to think something through without attacking it directly. It’s a shame that’s never led to something like envisioning a computer in my case, just more mundane solutions to problems!

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