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A real life example from Computing Science is Edsger Dijkstra. His contributions to the field were extensive, but from talking to people and Google search resul
by User23 4y ago
A real life example from Computing Science is Edsger Dijkstra. His contributions to the field were extensive, but from talking to people and Google search results he’s now just the minimum spanning tree guy.
- Bakary 4y agoIn the case of Von Neumann, his contributions are so extensive that he ends up flanderized even though the flanderization in question still pegs him as a multifaceted person
- bee_rider 4y agoCollapsing multi-faceted contributors to a single algorithm considered harmful?
- klyrs 4y agoI'd say he's the cranky hot takes guy, because outside of academic writing, that's what people quote the most.