Alan Turing

I arrived at a topological view of computation as a result of an attempt to understand why modern conceptions of computation have diverged somewhat from the canonical view, which is that of a universal axiomatic machine, an entrenched position I call Turing orthodoxy.

AA Cavia, AA Cavia on Summoning Worlds

Then I said, “One of these is done by a human, another by a computer. Which do you think was which?” Most people got it wrong. This, in essence, is the Turing experiment.

A. Michael Noll, A. Michael Noll on When It All Started