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Turing committed suicide to escape government persecution for being gay. That's not the same as a case like Grothendieck or Nash; it can't fairly be called para
by throwanem 7y ago
Turing committed suicide to escape government persecution for being gay. That's not the same as a case like Grothendieck or Nash; it can't fairly be called paranoia when someone really is out to get you.
- mattigames 7y agoMore exactly turing was suffering due chemical castration mandated by the government, I don't want to imagine what such procedure does to one's mental health.
- throwanem 7y agoGiven that the regimen at that time involved high doses of some of the same hormones used in MtF HRT today, I suspect it'd be not totally unakin to being forced into severe gender dysphoria, with gynecomastia and permanent sterility as just a couple of the side effects.