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by curiousgal 1908 days ago
I personally think Turing was more worthy of being buried between the graves of Darwin and Newton than Hawking.
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100% agree, Turings work was so ahead of his time, and his incredible prescience : I am very humbled and just in awe every time I think about it.
I personally believe we should be doing more to promote and empower our scientists instead of shunning them for political or financial reasons. We certainly can't write a wrong long past, but we can make sure to not repeat it again.

The £50 note feels like lipservice if anything.

I feel like that's like choosing your favourite child though. Both were extremely influential in their field; both have a deeply moving human story as well.
A human story of abandoning families for some hot new piece?