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1. bluecheese452 · 1790949322 · focus · HN ↗

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   1. leto_ii · 1790949717 · focus · HN ↗

      Why make it about his ethnicity?

      1. freecodeio · 1790949958 · focus · HN ↗

         "if x person is y, and x person has a specific trait, then me being also y means I have the that specific trait"

         In other words, if you don't have a dog, you're gay. (If you know the comic)

      2. archontes · 1790950133 · focus · HN ↗

         <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Martians_(scientists)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Martians_(scientists)

         The Martians (of which von Neumann is usually the most regarded) were mostly Hungarian jews. It&#x27;s a point on which some people have mused, so it&#x27;s easy for the thought to point in that direction when von Neumann is brought up.

         1. chasd00 · 1790950315 · focus · HN ↗

            from the wiki &gt; Leo Szilard jokingly suggested that Hungary was a front for aliens from Mars.

            I had a girlfriend once who joked that Elon Musk was an alien and needs help developing the technology to get home.

            1. archontes · 1790950396 · focus · HN ↗

               By all means, let&#x27;s let him.
            2. gf000 · 1790951687 · focus · HN ↗

               I get your point, but..

               Please do NOT disrespect Leo Szilard and von Neumann by comparing their greatness to a lowly scammer

               1. Betelbuddy · 1790952387 · focus · HN ↗

                  Compared to Elon, people of this thread are the Staff at the Institute for Advanced Studies...
               2. chasd00 · 1790954260 · focus · HN ↗

                  oh i wasn&#x27;t comparing anyone to anyone else, only pointing out the humor.
      3. dilap · 1790955681 · focus · HN ↗

         Why not? Von Neumann himself did, in a lighthearted way.

         &gt; I told Banach about an expression Johnny had used with me in Princeton before stating some non-Jewish mathematician&#x27;s result, &quot;Die Goim haben den folgenden satz beweisen&quot; (The goys have proved the following theorem). Banach, who was pure goy, thought it was one of the funniest sayings he had ever heard. He was enchanted by its implication that if the goys could do it, then Johnny and I ought to be able to do it better. Johnny did not invent this joke, but he liked it and we started using it.

         <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;infoproc.blogspot.com&#x2F;2021&#x2F;12&#x2F;adventures-of-mathematician-ulam-von.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;infoproc.blogspot.com&#x2F;2021&#x2F;12&#x2F;adventures-of-mathemat...

      4. bluecheese452 · 1790978001 · focus · HN ↗

         Because that was literally mentioned in the opening paragraph. Jfc hn. Take it up with the article not me.
   2. gradus_ad · 1790949943 · focus · HN ↗

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   3. ckrapu · 1790950075 · focus · HN ↗

      Interestingly, (and independent of the ethnic and cultural background he grew up in) the article said he was a Roman Catholic by the time he expired.

      1. _diyar · 1790952139 · focus · HN ↗

         If I remember correctly he converted on his death bed due to his read on Pascal’s wager.

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