Alan Turing

2022 - 10 - 6

Forum | Isn't it time Alan Turing was posthumously given a *major ... (TWTD.co.uk)

Surely he deserves more than an OBE, a blue plaque, a few statues & institutes named after him? Given its reckoned he shortened WW2 by 2 years, ...

Add in poor discipline, especially in the Luftwaffe, the tendency for humans to work to a pattern and habit and the door was left open. There was only one ref to Turing's running in the film (him pounding furiously along a country track to vent his frustration) but it was v. "Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars in the lead role. He was pretty much Olympic standard as a marathon runner, & sometimes ran the 40 miles to London for meetings (as you probably know, but others might not). Knowing what your enemy is going to do, where and who they are, as well as understanding whether theyโ€™ve swallowed your deceptions, as the Germans did on DDay, gets you a long way down the road. I think the fact that he is remembered by all and his achievements will be his forever are a fitting tribute and most of us can never hope to leave such a legacy. Add a wheel as the navy did and that ends the risk. Then there were the people that backed it in the first place, the organisation that surrounded it. Over time it might even be said that his work in computer science is comparable in importance given the role computers now play in the lives of billions. Additionally, There is the Turing Award which is essentially the Nobel prize of computing with a $1,000,000US reward for outstanding contributions to computing. As for Turing, if Anyone deserves a statue on the spare plinth on Trafalgar Square, itโ€™s him. The Imitation Game is a cracking film.

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