Mr. Turing: We’re Sorry
By adam on Sep 11, 2009 in Uncategorized
Mathematician
Computer Scientist
Code Breaker
Artificial Intelligence Pioneer
Homo
Arguably a little late. Alan Turing received an apology from UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown for his “appalling” treatment.
Now where’s his knighthood?
it is not quite a Knighthood, but he does have an OBE, which is a pre-step to full Knighthood. I know there have been some petitioning the Queen to do just this. My guess is it will happen at some point.
As late apologies go, this was a pretty good one, no equivocating.
Sounds like good movie material. I know I’d heard of him before but not the back story and his suicide.
Gays in the military, pfft…
Indeed
Knighthood? Bah, that’s like having an MCSE; it holds no clout. Uh-oh, I may have pissed a bunch of cookie-cutter graduates off