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   Zach Weinersmith (zachweinersmith@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 02:17:10 JST Zach Weinersmith

   Boole: invented new logic, possibly accidentally killed by his wife making him sleep in cold wet sheets when he had pneumonia

   Frege: invented new logic, late in life was shattered by a discovery of Russell's, wound up a sad angry anti-semite

   Cantor: invented new logic, everyone hated him, severe depression, conspiracy theories

   Turing; invented new logic, hounded by government, forced to take hormones against his will

   Godel: Godel

   Lesson: don't study logic

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     Kevin Forbes (druminor@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 02:17:11 JST Kevin Forbes

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     @ZachWeinersmith it is illogical to study logic but in order to know that you have to first study logic.

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     Feth (ffeth@hostux.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 02:17:14 JST Feth

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     @ZachWeinersmith Your presentation of Gödel is incomplete I'm afraid

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