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[Rustom Mody]

On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 9:06:53 AM UTC+5:30, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 01:27 pm, Rustom Mody wrote:
> 
> > People should be free to dislike who they like to dislike
> > However…
> > Calling Newton an idiot is ok… if you are not a physicist (flat-earther??)
> > Calling Turing an idiot is ok if you dont like computers (Luddite??)
> > Given that for most people who have gone through a (½ decent) CS education
> > Chomsky is in the Turing bracket, I wonder where Larry falls wrt CS
> 
> 
> Newton and Turing where many things, but "idiot" was not one of them.
> 
> Calling Newton an idiot is like calling Barrack Obama a Japanese geisha, or
> Donald Trump a poor black man from the Brazilian favelas.


You may find the etymology of idiot interesting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot#Etymology