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reminder: Von Neumann died in the grip of absolute terror

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Beady-eyed set preventive strike
  08/29/15
go on
startling bateful kitchen digit ratio
  08/29/15
"...his mind, the amulet on which he had always been ab...
Beady-eyed set preventive strike
  08/29/15
he should have been given lsd.
Magenta potus box office
  08/29/15
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Chestnut sanctuary shitlib
  08/29/15
it's possible the government drugged the fuck out of him. du...
Black bawdyhouse kitty cat
  08/29/15
that could also have been a side effect of the unbearable pr...
Beady-eyed set preventive strike
  08/29/15
people in olden times used to feel that ALL THE TIME, which ...
Diverse new version ticket booth
  08/29/15
religion in the heaven/hell sense never really even took off...
Black bawdyhouse kitty cat
  08/29/15
nah, it's not something you hear about a lot when it comes t...
Black bawdyhouse kitty cat
  08/29/15
von neumann wasn't that old and he had to experience deterio...
Diverse new version ticket booth
  08/29/15
He was under military guard in the hospital because they tho...
Histrionic Mustard Gunner Generalized Bond
  08/29/15
he advised people at the highest levels of government, was a...
Beady-eyed set preventive strike
  08/29/15
So aliens, right?
Histrionic Mustard Gunner Generalized Bond
  08/29/15
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Chestnut sanctuary shitlib
  08/29/15
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Diverse new version ticket booth
  08/29/15
john nash was killed in a taxi on the way home from farthest...
grizzly pungent shrine
  08/29/15
he fly united?
claret doctorate mad cow disease
  10/09/26
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Appetizing rehab
  11/03/16
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pearly depressive
  10/09/26
As will we all
balding excitant corn cake
  10/09/26


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Date: August 29th, 2015 5:21 PM
Author: Beady-eyed set preventive strike



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650495)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 5:28 PM
Author: startling bateful kitchen digit ratio

go on

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650524)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 5:34 PM
Author: Beady-eyed set preventive strike

"...his mind, the amulet on which he had always been able to rely, was becoming less dependable. Then came complete psychological breakdown; panic, screams of uncontrollable terror every night. His friend Edward Teller said, "I think that von Neumann suffered more when his mind would no longer function, than I have ever seen any human being suffer."

Von Neumann's sense of invulnerability, or simply the desire to live, was struggling with unalterable facts. He seemed to have a great fear of death until the last... No achievements and no amount of influence could save him now, as they always had in the past. Johnny von Neumann, who knew how to live so fully, did not know how to die."

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650547)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 5:38 PM
Author: Magenta potus box office

he should have been given lsd.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650560)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 6:09 PM
Author: Chestnut sanctuary shitlib



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650755)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 6:24 PM
Author: Black bawdyhouse kitty cat

it's possible the government drugged the fuck out of him. dude was pretty much 100% agnostic his entire life (and had a jewish background), then suddenly became catholic and convinced god probably exists on his death bed.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650827)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 6:35 PM
Author: Beady-eyed set preventive strike

that could also have been a side effect of the unbearable primal existential terror

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650888)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 6:38 PM
Author: Diverse new version ticket booth

people in olden times used to feel that ALL THE TIME, which is why religion never really declined until it got easier to distract ourselves.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650905)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 8:30 PM
Author: Black bawdyhouse kitty cat

religion in the heaven/hell sense never really even took off until comparatively recently. tons of non-abrahamic religions have an ambiguous at best view of the afterlife, and in many societies religion wasn't the center of life (certainly not every ancient roman or greek took their myths to heart, for instance)

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28651449)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 8:28 PM
Author: Black bawdyhouse kitty cat

nah, it's not something you hear about a lot when it comes to accounts of smart but relatively normal people (e.g. feynman) dying. it's pretty much proven that it's a natural instinct to get used to the idea of dying the older you get, since the fear/regret of old people is rarely that they are actually dying but rather who they ignored in their lives.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28651435)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 8:41 PM
Author: Diverse new version ticket booth

von neumann wasn't that old and he had to experience deterioration with no graceful decline. futility induces a lot more existential dread than mere mortality.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28651510)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 5:39 PM
Author: Histrionic Mustard Gunner Generalized Bond

He was under military guard in the hospital because they thought he might reveal some classified secrets. I wonder what they were so afraid of.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650567)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 6:38 PM
Author: Beady-eyed set preventive strike

he advised people at the highest levels of government, was a consultant for all the military and clandestine agencies, was a key player in all kinds of major scientific-military-industrial enterprises and never forgot anything ever. he probably knew more classified information than anyone else in the world.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650907)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 6:39 PM
Author: Histrionic Mustard Gunner Generalized Bond

So aliens, right?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650912)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 6:11 PM
Author: Chestnut sanctuary shitlib



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650763)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 6:24 PM
Author: Diverse new version ticket booth



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650824)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 6:33 PM
Author: grizzly pungent shrine

john nash was killed in a taxi on the way home from farthest newark

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#28650881)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 9:11 PM
Author: claret doctorate mad cow disease

he fly united?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#50181277)



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Date: November 3rd, 2016 1:05 PM
Author: Appetizing rehab



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#31794149)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 8:57 PM
Author: pearly depressive



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#50181267)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: balding excitant corn cake

As will we all

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2976085&forum_id=2#50181278)