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The end of a beautiful mind, John Nash and wife die in car crash.

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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
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    kjl wrote: »
    http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2015/05/famed_a_beautiful_mind_mathematician_wife_killed_in_taxi_crash_police_say.html

    Very sad, a wonderful man who changed the face of modern economics and basically invented game theory despite having a very severe case of schizophrenia.

    Horrible way to go.


    Very very sad. An amazing man by all accounts. I dont think a film could ever quite capture his uniquety and it was his very brilliance that went hand in hand with his vulnerability. I think thats what made him such a fascintating man

    What else could you pay tribute to him with - a beautiful piece of music for a beautiful mind

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDEx6tolC6w


  • #3
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    The couple was ejected from the car, Williams said.

    "It doesn't appear that they were wearing seatbelts," he said.

    For such an intelligent person that was pretty fcuking stupid.

    The people in the other car survived because they were wearing theirs


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    For such an intelligent person that was pretty fcuking stupid.

    The people in the other car survived because they were wearing theirs

    True but since himself or the wife are no spring chickens at this stage they could be suffering a form dementia or absent mindedness


  • #5
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Don't know who they are or were now, ah well I won't be letting it bother me :)


  • #6
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    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Don't know who they are or were now, ah well I won't be letting it bother me :)

    Although probably over dramatised like many Hollywood biopics, the excellent 'A Beautiful Mind' is well worth a watch if you wanted a basis to learn about JF Nash on. Its shown almost through the mind, and the perspective of Nash himself who is played by Crowe....and it has the extremely hot Jennifer Connolly. Oh and did i mention Jennifer Connolly is in it? :)


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  • #7
    mickdw
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    Had no knowledge of the man before that film but it is a fantastic film. Very interesting.


  • #8
    K4t
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    True but since himself or the wife are no spring chickens at this stage they could be suffering a form dementia or absent mindedness
    A pensioner's dilemma.


  • #9
    Aidric
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    mickdw wrote: »
    Had no knowledge of the man before that film but it is a fantastic film. Very interesting.

    Likewise. I think it was Russell Crowe's best work to date. Despite Nash's debilitating struggles with mental illness he leaves behind a proud legacy.


  • #10
    Egginacup
    Site Banned Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭Egginacup


    kjl wrote: »
    http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2015/05/famed_a_beautiful_mind_mathematician_wife_killed_in_taxi_crash_police_say.html

    Very sad, a wonderful man who changed the face of modern economics and basically invented game theory despite having a very severe case of schizophrenia.

    Horrible way to go.

    I could only dream of having a seat at the opera that was his mind.


  • #11
    Buzz Meeks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 127 ✭✭Buzz Meeks


    What are the odds.


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  • #12
    Ficheall
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    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Don't know who they are or were now, ah well I won't be letting it bother me :)

    You're a rather obnoxious little shit, aren't you..


  • #13
    whats newxt
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    I have a lot of respect for him, he had schizophrenia as well i believe.


  • #14
    Ficheall
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    whats newxt wrote: »
    I have a lot of respect for him, he had schizophrenia as well i believe.

    Yup, and is the only winner of both a Nobel Prize and an Abel Prize (probably the Mathematics equivalent of a Nobel).

    He was presented with his Abel prize in Norway on Tuesday..


  • #15
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    I've only gone to two films in the last twenty years: A Beautiful Mind; The Imitation Game.
    Rest In Peace. You did something useful when you were here. Thanks.


  • #16
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Ficheall wrote: »
    You're a rather obnoxious little shit, aren't you..
    My apologies if I offended you :rolleyes:


  • #17
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,229 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Ficheall wrote: »
    You're a rather obnoxious little shit, aren't you..

    Mod: Attack the post, not the poster

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #18
    anncoates
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    Sam Kade wrote: »
    My apologies if I offended you :rolleyes:

    You offend intelligence itself


  • #19
    LorMal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,372 ✭✭✭LorMal


    Sad to read that he abandoned the mother of his first son (and the baby) because he felt she was beneath him socially. Never meet your heroes.


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