/sci/ - Science & Math

People always throw the word "genius" around about every smart person or clever person but who are some actual Geniuses

>>16004795
>Von Neumann was baptized a Catholic in 1930.[...] He confided to his mother, "There probably has to be a God. Many things are easier to explain if there is than if there isn't."

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>>15914997
>If you say why not launch the mission in the 2030's, I say why not the 2020's? If you say in the late 2020's, I say why not the mid 2020's?"

becuz dey brainga werk liek computahs

I miss this little Hun like you wouldn't believe

Is he the greatest scientist of all time? Who even comes close? Leibniz?

>considered to have the widest coverage of any mathematician of his time (1920s-1950s)
>includes creating an entire category on arxiv and helping Gödel reach his 2nd incompleteness theorem and independently getting it too but letting Gödel get all the credit
>started the modern trend of axiomizations in physics and built the basic mathematical formalism for the greatest physical theory to date (quantum theory)
>started game theory as a field and set economics to use proper mathematics (inequalities) instead of what they were using (diffy eqns) that were useless
>developed key ideas for the atomic bomb and consulted for over a dozen military organizations
>discovered and proved self-replication before DNA was found, creating the entire field of self reproducing machines
>helped create the basic logical structure for computers and promote it endless to ensure it became the most important invention of the 20th century (includes other minor notes like setting up the first major program was numerical weather prediction which is widespread today)
>helped develop and set into motion the ICBM program in the USA ensuring it's role as the global superpower for the next 70 years at least
>a bunch of other shit like monte carlo that would make anyone famous that is too minor to note for him
>all done in a 30 year working life
any one of these would make you top of your field with a wikipedia page and legions of fans
what's your excuse, /sci/?

The smartest man ever

Most intelligent man ever?

why does /sci/ dislike him again?

Szia Magyarországról!

I keep hearing about "programming languages" such as Python, C++ and something called Rust which is supposed to be used by people who are half man and half woman?

Why would you need anything other than machine code?

>>12747394
Szia Magyarországról!

Why would you need anything other than machine code?

Known for:
Abelian von Neumann algebra
Affiliated operator
Amenable group
Arithmetic logic unit
Artificial viscosity
Axiom of regularity
Axiom of limitation of size
Backward induction
Blast wave (fluid dynamics)
Taylor–von Neumann–Sedov blast wave
Bounded set (topological vector space)
Carry-save adder
Cellular automata
Class (set theory)
Computer virus
Commutation theorem
Continuous geometry
Coupling constants
Decoherence theory (quantum mechanics)
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What is the genetic basis of human intelligence?

What is /mg/'s favorite axiom system

“Known for:
Abelian von Neumann algebra
Affiliated operator
Amenable group
Arithmetic logic unit
Artificial viscosity
Axiom of regularity
Axiom of limitation of size
Backward induction
Blast wave (fluid dynamics)
Bounded set (topological vector space)
Carry-save adder
Cellular automata
Class (set theory)
Computer virus
Commutation theorem
Continuous geometry
Coupling constants
Decoherence theory (quantum mechanics)
Density matrix
Direct integral
Doubly stochastic matrix
Duality Theorem
Durbin–Watson statistic
EDVAC
Ergodic theory
Explosive lenses
Game theory
Hilbert's fifth problem
Hyperfinite type II factor
Inner model
Inner model theory
Interior point method
Koopman–von Neumann classical mechanics
Lattice theory
Lifting theory
Merge sort
Middle-square method
Minimax theorem
Monte Carlo method
Mutual assured destruction
Normal-form game
Operation Greenhouse
Operator theory
Pointless topology
Polarization identity
Pseudorandomness
Pseudorandom number generator
Quantum logic
Quantum mutual information
Quantum statistical mechanics
Radiation implosion
Rank ring
Self-replication
Software whitening
Sorted array
Spectral theory
Standard probability space
Stochastic computing
Stone–von Neumann theorem
Subfactor
Ultrastrong topology
Von Neumann algebra
Von Neumann architecture
Von Neumann bicommutant theorem
Von Neumann cardinal assignment
Von Neumann cellular automaton
Von Neumann interpretation
Von Neumann measurement scheme
Von Neumann ordinals
Von Neumann universal constructor
Von Neumann entropy
Von Neumann Equation
Von Neumann neighborhood
Von Neumann paradox
Von Neumann regular ring
Von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory
Von Neumann universe
Von Neumann spectral theorem
Von Neumann conjecture
Von Neumann ordinal
Von Neumann's inequality
Von Neumann's trace inequality
Von Neumann stability analysis
Von Neumann extractor
Von Neumann ergodic theorem
Von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem
ZND detonation model”

How did he do it bros?

>Inb4 “he was a Jew”

>we will never EVER have another person like Von Neumann
The last Renaissance man died and we killed him :(

Scientifically speaking, how do I feel happier?

Why did he do it?

In light of GPT-3, what is your best guess (year) for machine intelligence that's indisputably more intelligent than any human living or dead (including Von Neumann).

Greetings from Magyarország. I have a question about computer programming. I keep hearing about various so-called "high level" programming languages such as FORTRAN but I don’t see why anybody would need anything other than machine code ?

>Why yes, I do think nuclear warfare is the solution to the slavic problem, how could you tell?

Could there be a bigger virgin than this pure math weirdo?

>>11577047
>A challenger approaches