tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313 Arthur D. Hlavaty Arthur D. Hlavaty 2015-09-30T10:01:49Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:1536650 2015-09-30T10:01:49Z 2015-09-30T10:01:49Z public 0 Some people hate the word <i>genius</i> because it implies that abilities are not given out in a fair and equitable manner. So every year when the MacArthur Foundation gives out its awards, there are those who don't want to use the G word. In any event, this year the foundation did a good thing in declaring Ta-Nehisi Coates one, as explained by <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/09/tanehisi-coates-macarthur/407566/">Yoni Appelbaum</a>. Bonus: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/09/interview-with-a-putative-genius/407983/">The winner himself</a> wise-asses about it.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=1536650" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:721386 2012-02-20T11:28:38Z 2012-02-20T11:28:38Z public 1 <a href="http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-alan-turing-1950s-tiger-stripe.html">Alan Turing</a> didn't just win the war, dream up the computer, and define the procedure for telling whether something else is human. He figured out why tigers have stripes.<br /><br />Thanx to<span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/'><b>andrewducker</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=721386" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments