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Was Gödel's second incompleteness theorem really von Neumann's? Part I
Gödel never produced a proof but told von Neumann he had one to prevent the Hungarian from publishing his
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Ananyo Bhattacharya
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"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
Published on Res Obscura • 
Why do people hate maths?
And what should we do about it?
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Ananyo Bhattacharya
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When Does Science Self-Correct? Lessons from a Replication Crisis in Early 20th Century Chemistry
Guest post by Paul von Hippel (Univ. of Texas)
Published on The Good Science Project • 
Labatut's 'Frankenstein'
'The MANIAC' reveals more about the author than about von Neumann
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Ananyo Bhattacharya
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The Coming of Enki X
The final part of a previously unpublished science fiction story
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Four ways of thinking
Your hometown skeptics called it champagne problems
Published on Logging the World • 
The Coming of Enki IX
Part nine of a previously unpublished science fiction story
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Ananyo Bhattacharya
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Confections & Reputations
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