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Re:On Norbert Wiener's Relationship with Bertrand Russell by bmitc on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:48AM (#26636023)
Do you have a source for this? I have been reading a fair amount on information theory, cybernetics, and Wiener lately, and I haven’t seen this mentioned, at least not yet.

In fact, the sources I’ve read said he was quite enthusiastic about helping out for both WWI and WWII.

For example:

https://www.cantorsparadise.com/the-absent-minded-father-of-...

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Re:On Norbert Wiener's Relationship with Bertrand Russell by ggm on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @08:37PM (#26642261)
This was postwar. Like many scientists, He viewed the second world war as a "just" war, but the cold-war? less so.
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Re:On Norbert Wiener's Relationship with Bertrand Russell by bmitc on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:23PM (#26643176)
Gotcha. Thanks for the time period reference, as I haven't gotten to sources that cover that yet.
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