Posted Sep 05, 2007 at 02:10PM by Tim Y. Listed in: Mathematics Tags: BBC, Alan Turing
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If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, what more when one glimpses at eternity? BBC's David Malone has recently released an interesting documentary we thought the other math-lovers here would fancy, titled "Dangerous Knowledge."

The film covers four mathematicians: Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing. While they were noted for being among the most brilliant minds in the realm of mathematics, all four met the same tragic end of going insane and committing suicide. The film will tackle each of these men's inner thoughts, and the work that would eventually have them immortalized in human history... and locked away in mental asylums.

We've posted a video below,w if you're thoroughly interested in viewing the flick. Be warned, however, that this could take a while - Dangerous Minds is one-and-a-half hours long. Find yourself a comfy chair, a drink, and maybe some snacks - this could be a most interesting math lesson.

 




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   by . (Unregistered) - 2007-09-05
 » MATH = DEATH

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   by Henry (Unregistered) - 2007-09-05
 » Knowledge really kills

this is why i decided not to major in science like physics. i know i'll end up like them =[ i try searching for that certainity ever since i was like 5. But always back out knowing that if i go to deep, i'll go crazy.

   by stapuft (Unregistered) - 2007-09-05
 » shiiiiiit!

well shiiiiit guess that means ill go insane and die cuz im going to go into the research sciences area of medicine
you know look for the cure to cancer and aids stuff like that

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   by SolidSnizzle (Unregistered) - 2007-09-05
 » truly amazing

amazing i cant belive i acctually stayed for the full 1 hour 30 min its so deep and crazy. man its really an amazing thing the goal to find the truthness in the ultimate law of time life creation and so amny other things man stuck in this world we are but the thing that would really change me is the finaly and utmost certainty of faith that it is really there wow incredible vid qj

   by sngle infinity (Unregistered) - 2007-09-06
 » WOw

It is scary to think that even the space between atoms can be divided mathematically by infinity and you would still end up with a number... I don't think our minds can understand the concept of infinity, just like these geniuses can't. So wouldn't that mean that the existence of heaven and hell can be true? They are right about one thing, definately: the more you know, the more you know you don't know.

   by anrew (Unregistered) - 2007-09-08
 » :O

Truly amazing...

   by INT (Unregistered) - 2007-09-09
 » Well

If this is true it would mean that every measurement has a smaller measurement infinitely and a larger measurement infinitely. And yes in order to understand the concept of infinity you will go insane because infinity is a circle and a circle means no end the only way to truly explain infinity is to draw a perfect circle but even that circle has an infinitely amount of infinities in it and hence my point (we will NEVER know what infinity is because we don't know where a perfect circle begins or ends and in order to find where a circle begins we must find where it ends ( and this conversation could go on infinitely because there is no way for us to know the beginning and the end unless we are... a god.



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