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Would Pace call Turing "immoral"?

Started by LostInTime, March 16, 2007, 08:31:24 AM

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March 16, 2007, 08:31:24 AM
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In a op-ed for the Washington Post printed Wednesday, Simpson, of Wyoming, cited the accomplishments of Turing, who committed suicide in 1954 after he was convicted of "gross indecency" for having a gay relationship.

"In World War II, a British mathematician named Alan Turing led the effort to crack the Nazis' communication code," Simpson wrote.

"[Turing] mastered the complex German enciphering machine, helping to save the world, and his work laid the basis for modern computer science. Does it matter that Turing was gay? Would Pace call Turing 'immoral'?"
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