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Crazy to see that he was perpetually afraid of being poisoned and starved himself to death.
by 1cvmask 6y ago
Crazy to see that he was perpetually afraid of being poisoned and starved himself to death.
- bidirectional 6y agoI just find it bizarre that one of the greatest minds of the 20th century starved to death, weighing 65 lbs, in late 70s Princeton. I realise there's no easy way to counteract someone determined not to eat, but it just seems like such a slow, painful and irrational way to die that it's hard to fathom (obviously driven by severe mental illness).
- de6u99er 6y agoSounds completely insane, but from what I can see is that insanity and genius often go hand in hand.
- ProfHewitt 6y agoSeems to have been an occupational hazard. For example, Cantor, Boltzmann, and Turing ended similarly :-( For for more information, see the film "Dangerous Knowledge" by David Malone on BBC Two.