{"id":1281,"date":"2010-07-17T14:17:21","date_gmt":"2010-07-17T20:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2010-07-18T14:28:48","modified_gmt":"2010-07-18T20:28:48","slug":"an-assemblage-of-the-finest-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/?p=1281","title":{"rendered":"An assemblage of the finest minds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a very interesting picture.<\/p>\n

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\nAlmost everyone (except for you Sharla, because you’re as dumb as you are gorgeous) will recognize Albert Einstein.\u00a0 But take a look at those names.\u00a0 You may recognize some others now.\u00a0 This is a snapshot of where modern physics and cosmology comes from… pretty much.<\/p>\n

And here’s another similar photo.\u00a0 The names aren’t recognizable, but do some looking up on Wikipedia, and you will see that these are some very fine minds indeed.<\/p>\n

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\nTo explain further:<\/p>\n

Joseph Weizenbaum became a full professor and received tenure at the MIT. In 1966 Joseph published ELIZA, a milestone in AI and natural language processing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Together with Claude Shannon (left), John McCarthy, Ed Fredkin at a private gathering near Cambridge, Ma. <\/em><\/p>\n

And now here’s another fine meeting:<\/p>\n

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\nNo explanation necessary.\u00a0 What you see in that photo is nothing less than the pinnacle of human achievement.\u00a0 The summit of civilized accomplishment.\u00a0 The very essence of what it means to be a learned man – a philosipher.<\/p>\n

And here’s Lenin, Mickey Mouse and Jesus:<\/p>\n

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\nAnd Ron Jeremy through the years.<\/p>\n

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Mind = blown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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