Today I did a bit of research about suicidal philosophers for the story my husband requested about robots killing themselves. ( I figured out why he wanted me to write this story when I heard him repeatedly cursing out one of the upstairs computers a few days ago...)
One of the things I found was that Alan Turing killed himself by taking a bite out of a cyanide-laced apple. (Which has led some people to wonder about a certain computer company's logo ...though, supposedly there's no link...) But, wow, of all the ways to kill yourself, that's surely a memorable and symbolic way to go, almost as if it were engineered by a poet.
Next on the list was Kurt Godel, which made me sad, because I didn't know he had committed suicide. Apparently, he had an extreme fear of being poisoned, so he would only eat food after his wife had tasted it. When his wife was hospitalized, he refused to eat. And so he died.
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Hopefully, the Roboticide (not it's actual title) will be finished soon, and I can research something less tragic...
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