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I had a similar reaction with the language but also response times and language. It reminded me of a quote about Jon von Neumann from Edward Teller: "Von Neuma
by Frost1x 2mo ago
I had a similar reaction with the language but also response times and language. It reminded me of a quote about Jon von Neumann from Edward Teller:
"Von Neumann would carry on a conversation with my 3-year-old son, and the two of them would talk as equals, and I sometimes wondered if he used the same principle when he talked to the rest of us."
- ProllyInfamous 2mo agoVon Neumann is an interesting historical character that nobody has ever heard of, e.g: for such an accomplished inventor, that so few minutes of video footage exist of him. >I sometimes wondered if he used the same principle when he talked to the rest of us. I can come pretty close to a humbler example of this, as the more-extroverted "bad twin," of an identical set: my own genetic equal is bored to tears interacting with 90% of daily interactions... we both started with good brains/IQ, then went to the same college; but while twin spent the next decades solving EE problems (and co-founding startups), I "kicked back" and smoked myself sillyretarded, electricianing, relying upon bullshit and sheer luck to get to where I [barely maintain] am. Watching my twin deal with any normal-intelligence persons is such an unpredictable shitshow, but I pretty much always know he's "dealing with us toddlers" who mostly never grew up. His patience is limited but willing. Glad he can get by among us mere mortals. I have other similarly-minded brothers, but only this one identical twin.
- jason_s 2mo ago>Von Neumann is an interesting historical character that nobody has ever heard of huh? He's pretty famous to anyone who has studied either the history of computing or of the development of the atomic bomb.
- mettamage 2mo agoFascinating. I mean that.
- ProllyInfamous 2mo agoOurs has been exceptionally unique sets of experiences. One of my lifelong goals is to publish something witty about my perceptions on the nature vs nurture debate, given that I have both a genetic clone (i.e. same DNA)... but we're also the result of a late-split zygote, which resulted in us developing as mirror images (using the same genetic code). <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin#Mirror_image_twins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin#Mirror_image_twins> So we're actually chiral, in almost all aspects (handedness, lens prescription, some anatomical pathways, dominant "brain"ness). <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality> ---- Motivation for my writing this is lacking, most likely due to decades of my very different life choices and experiences (see my previous comment). Were Twin's volition driving this article's composition (and eventual publication), it would have been done over a decade ago =D ---- Love you, Brobro.
- satvikpendem 2mo agoWhat? Every CS grad learns of Von Neumman architecture and by extension of the man himself, at least I recall doing so, in much the same way as Turing and Church.
- dezsiszabi 2mo agoI definitely heard of him. The CS focused high school I went to in Hungary was named after him, his portrait on the walls, etc. I think lots of people have heard of him. I agree, that he is probably not as famous as some of the other scientists of the era though.
- calf 2mo agoI also think to do STEM well, one needs to find that inner child.