diff --git a/content/blog/trivia/citing-the-unabomber/better-known-for-his-later-work.jpg b/content/blog/trivia/citing-the-unabomber/better-known-for-his-later-work.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a31060 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/trivia/citing-the-unabomber/better-known-for-his-later-work.jpg differ diff --git a/content/blog/trivia/citing-the-unabomber/math-paper.md b/content/blog/trivia/citing-the-unabomber/math-paper.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a33b794 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/trivia/citing-the-unabomber/math-paper.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +--- +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 +tags: + - trivia + - unabomber + - easteregg + - math + - paper +--- + +## Hiding Eastereggs in Footnotes + +Laura Pudwell's 2007 paper "Digital Reversal Without Apology" contains an intriguing third quote, as evidenced by the accompanying screenshot. + +{% image "./better-known-for-his-later-work.jpg", "Quote in a Mathematics Paper from 2007" %} + +The asterisk which denotes Ted Kazcynski's 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. + +### Industrial Society and Its Future + +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. \ No newline at end of file