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Then it should be awarded for the result.

Given the line of reasoning this has now opened up Alan Turing should be awarded one posthumously in every field.



He unironically should


100% agreed as I can't think of any one individual since(1) who has done as much for all of science and engineering as he ultimately did; alas, they are not awarded posthumously.

(1) Newton would be a strong contender on a "for all time" basis, but even he would've probably needed to share it with Leibniz, which would have driven him absolutely ~b o n k e r s~, like wet hornet in a hot outhouse mad, LOL.


von Neumann probably


> probably needed to share it with Leibniz

For Physics?




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