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Einstein once remarked to Oskar Morgenstern, one of the cofounders of game theory, that he went to the Institute chiefly to walk home with Gödel. ("Um das Privi
by wrycoder 4y ago
Einstein once remarked to Oskar Morgenstern, one of the cofounders of game theory, that he went to the Institute chiefly to walk home with Gödel. ("Um das Privileg zu haben, mit Gödel zu Fuss nach Hause gehen zu dürfen." There is in the original German a note of gentle deference that cannot quite be translated.)[0]
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- gumby 4y agoI believe Einstein also brought Gödel to the IAS. Basically the whole time he was in the USA, to the end of his life, Gödel suffered from very serious depression.
- malermeister 4y agoIt can in fact be translated, they just didn't manage to for some reason. "... to have the privilege of walking home with Gödel"
- wrycoder 4y ago"... to have the privilege of being allowed to walk home with Gödel" is closer, but still not quite the correct tone.