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Charles S. Peirce in the 1880s understood that switching circuits embody Boolean logic, though he never published except in a letter to a student/colleague who
by abecedarius 8y ago
Charles S. Peirce in the 1880s understood that switching circuits embody Boolean logic, though he never published except in a letter to a student/colleague who was going to work on this but abandoned it. That Babbage and Peirce both had trouble dealing with people may have had a pretty big effect on history.
- gowld 8y agoThat's the trick of "autistic" personalities -- better with computers but worse with people. A person better with people but worse with computers wouldn't have succeeded either. Being better at both is rare.