Alan Turing's grades

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[PhineasCPR]

I’ve noticed that a lot of the world’s greatest geniuses had minds that weren’t necessarily aligned for proper schooling. They flourished in an environment where they weren’t constantly scrutinized for not doing unnecessary things.

[groumeliotis]

You have a rare talent for presenting the history of science accurately, using original documents, while also humanizing the person, and showing warmth and compassion towards them. Very engaging. Thank you!

[ButterBallTheOpossum]

Its crazy that a lot of textbooks dont mention him at all. He probably saved millions of lives.

[balasubramaniam]

Wow this is such a well detailed explanation, all my teachers just put good in all the columns and leave

[mplovecraft]

I had one math teacher give me a D- and when I switched schools (and teachers) I got an A the semester after that. I had one physics teacher tell me that he would never give me more than a passing grade even if I get As on my tests because he could tell I just "didn't get it". Later I went on to write a perfect SAT score and I got into med school. Teachers are a pretty uneven bunch of people. Some are wonderful and some shouldn't be let near a school.

[kosmonomicon]

German Teacher: "He does not seem to have any aptitude for languages".
*Cracks german secret language*

[Sunlight]

School is about pleasing your teacher and not making discoveries of your own.

[daniellijo]

Considering how much Alan contributed to the world, he was treated so badly. Ironically, he was stripped of his own humanity by by his government. The very government he helped. Such a brilliant mind lost to the blunders of a group of fools.

[anushkasaha]

Hurts to know even after doing such an ingenious work, breaking the enigma code, he had to meet with such a terrible fate just because he was gay.

[jothishprabu]

Alan Turing: *Cracks the Enigma Code and Helps Allies Win the War*

Britsh Government: *WhY aRe U GaE?*

[duggydo]

I've noticed you are moving more toward sharing historical info about scientists and mathematicians. Good stuff. Not a lot of info out there like what you are doing.

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“If a machine is expected to be infallible, it cannot also be intelligent.”
― Alan Turing

[novideos]

If she had a podcast I would totally listen to it. I wouldn’t even really care what it would be about it’s just her voice is so calming.

[laragenter]

"I'm not scared of a computer passing the Turing test. I'm terrified of the one that intentionally fails it."

[SB-yjqo]

"... Hatred and discrimination can rob the world of wonderful people" well said and great video!

[celticspike]

Alan is one of my heroes. Anytime a video game lets me name my character I use Alan Turning or Alana Turing if female. its my little way of honoring the man who paved the way for computer science, which eventually led to computer/video games.

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.”
― Alan Turing

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I just use these videos to justify my terrible grades

[chacha]

Turing remains as an outstanding figure in computer science. He also put a strong impact on biology by describing a model of chemical pattern formation.

[algotrader]

Imagine if this man lived to his 70-80's passing on his knowledge...