Comment on Klára Dán von NeumannparentComments−vinnyvichy2yThis implies that JvN was a gambler , but not a computer*(*) Okay, not a 1980s-level computerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eudaemonic_Pie)−Sniffnoy2yThis was an earlier husband of hers, not von Neumann.−Sniffnoy2yOops, I wasn't reading carefully and got this wrong -- this was in fact von Neumann.−gumby2yYes, the first husband was an inveterate gambler, but she did meet JvN in a casino too, with an absurd story.−vinnyvichy2yWe know him for his researches in games of chance (& skill), but here he definitely took his chances :)"Chess is not a game. Chess is computation." --JvN
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This implies that JvN was a gambler , but not a computer*
(*) Okay, not a 1980s-level computer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eudaemonic_Pie
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This was an earlier husband of hers, not von Neumann.
Oops, I wasn't reading carefully and got this wrong -- this was in fact von Neumann.
Yes, the first husband was an inveterate gambler, but she did meet JvN in a casino too, with an absurd story.
We know him for his researches in games of chance (& skill), but here he definitely took his chances :)
"Chess is not a game. Chess is computation." --JvN