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by Jerry2 2677 days ago
Reminded me of this classic:

>A group of friends and I used to do dramatic readings of the About the Author text from the Mathematica Book, which begins thusly:

>About the Author

>Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica and is widely regarded as the most important innovator in scientific and technical computing today.

>The guy wrote that himself.

>Wait, while searching for that, I see he updated it slightly in later versions:

>About the Author

>Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, and a well-known scientist. He is widely regarded as the most important innovator in technical computing today, as well as one of the world's most original research scientists.

>I guess the original didn't fully express the boundless expanse of his awesomeness.

>"Does anyone want to bet as to which will gain self-awareness first: Wolfram Alpha or Wolfram, Stephen?"

http://chrishecker.com/Kurt_G%C3%B6del_is_Laughing_His_Ass_O...

2 comments

He may have the data to make the argument. I suppose if anyone wanted to measure such things which really shouldn’t be measured, I bet Wolfram has a compelling case.
Thanks for sharing this. Helped me understand what i was reading before.

It honestly took me a while to realize the article wasn't an April fools post!

I am still upvoting the submission for its comedic value.