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title: Eastereggs in Footnotes - Citing the Unabomber in a Math paper | ||
description: Ted Kaczynski was not only a Mathematician but also a domestic terrorist. Therefore citing him in a Math paper poses some challenges of acknowledging his later work. | ||
date: 2023-08-25 | ||
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- trivia | ||
- unabomber | ||
- easteregg | ||
- math | ||
- paper | ||
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## Hiding Eastereggs in Footnotes | ||
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Laura Pudwell's 2007 paper <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/27643011" target="_blank">"Digital Reversal Without Apology"</a> contains an intriguing third quote, as evidenced by the accompanying screenshot. | ||
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{% image "./better-known-for-his-later-work.jpg", "Quote in a Mathematics Paper from 2007" %} | ||
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The asterisk which denotes <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/unabomber" target="_blank">Ted Kazcynski's</a> later success appears harmless, but when considered in the context of a mathematician turned domestic terrorist, it warrants a closer inspection. | ||
Rather, it is evident that this footnote is intended as an Easter egg for those who are familiar with Ted Kaczynski's identity. | ||
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### Industrial Society and Its Future | ||
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Between 1978 and 1995, Kaczynski killed 3 people and injured 23 others via 10 mail bombs across the United States. | ||
He authored the manifesto "Industrial Society and Its Future" (35,000-words) as a social critique opposing industrialisation, | ||
rejecting leftism and advocating a nature-centred form of anarchism. | ||
Currently, he is serving 8 consecutive life sentences. |