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New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Falcon » Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:51 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46063097" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Public being asked to nominate candidates to the Bank of England.

- They must be dead
- They must be known in a scientific field



Alan Turing for me. Or Rosalind Franklin if they decide to go for a female for balance.
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by wilks_bfc » Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:54 pm

They could put the Wheeto's Professor on it

95% of the country won't ever see one anyway

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by bobinho » Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:58 pm

Asking the public?

Not learned from boaty mcboatface it seems.

If there is a trans-female black lesbian available, my money is on her/him/it.
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by bobinho » Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:59 pm

Turing a good shout...

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Rick_Muller » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:03 pm

bobinho wrote:Turing a good shout...
I agree, just voted for him.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Damo » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:09 pm

Stephen Hawking is the early bookies favourite
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Rick_Muller » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:18 pm

Damo wrote:Stephen Hawking is the early bookies favourite
Another good shout, and likely to be selected.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Imploding Turtle » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:23 pm

bobinho wrote:Asking the public?

Not learned from boaty mcboatface it seems.

If there is a trans-female black lesbian available, my money is on her/him/it.

Guys. Bob wants us to know how edgy he is. Please give him some attention. Thanks.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Imploding Turtle » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:24 pm

I'd like Cecilia Payne to be recognised more so i'd like her on the note.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:24 pm

You just did
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Falcon » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:26 pm

RIP Professor Weeto
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by KeighleyClaret » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:31 pm

Alan Turing, the father of modern computing and dreadfully treated by society. He once said 'I propose to consider the question, 'Can machines think?'

As a fellow Manchester graduate he has to be my choice.
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Buxtonclaret » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:32 pm

Has to be Hawking.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Hipper » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:42 pm

Falcon wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46063097

Public being asked to nominate candidates to the Bank of England.

- They must be dead
- They must be known in a scientific field



Alan Turing for me. Or Rosalind Franklin if they decide to go for a female for balance.
So we've got to kill them first?

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by conyoviejo » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:42 pm

Never had one.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by karatekid » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:48 pm

Sam fox or Linda lusardi as they were in the eighties.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by RingoMcCartney » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:49 pm

Damo wrote:Stephen Hawking is the early bookies favourite
Has to be Hawking for me. Based on his achievements. Unless the noisy feminazis want a woman. Based on her gender

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Falcon » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:53 pm

Hipper wrote:So we've got to kill them first?

That's one way of interpreting it, for sure.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by KeighleyClaret » Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:11 pm

Hawking was a populist but most people haven't read or even understood his work. He was also a bit controversial in some of his views.

Turing was a superstar with an Einstein like mind, and a fantastic war record at Bletchley. Sadly he was prevented from making as big a contribution as his intellect warranted by the scandalous way he was prosecuted for 'gross indecency' (being gay) and had to agree to be chemically castrated. He killed himself 2 years later aged 42.

Society's loss - the least we can do is put him on the £50 note. Its worth looking him up on line.
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by CombatClaret » Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:13 pm

Hawking
In honour of all the £50s the government regularly throws into a black hole.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by aggi » Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:50 pm

RingoMcCartney wrote:Has to be Hawking for me. Based on his achievements. Unless the noisy feminazis want a woman. Based on her gender
Can't be Hawking, he wasn't conservative and as we all know:

By the age of 20, if you're not a socialist. You have no heart.

By the age of 40, if you're not conservative. You have no brain


What kind of scientist has no brain?
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Dark Cloud » Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:52 pm

Mrs Beaumont who taught Science at Fearns in the 70's would be a good shout. Mmmm!

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:54 pm

Kelly LeBrock from Weird Science
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by mkmel » Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:56 pm

Alan Turing for me too and would also be recognition for the wonderful work done by all of the men and women who worked at Bletchley Park

Including my Dad who worked there and yet it was only after he had died that I was told that he was at Bletchley Park
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Hipper » Fri Nov 02, 2018 3:02 pm

Why don't they put a picture of a 'greatest British criminal' on it as they're the ones that apparently use £50 notes the most. That would be much more fun too.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Fri Nov 02, 2018 3:08 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:I'd like Cecilia Payne to be recognised more so i'd like her on the note.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Although she became an american citizen? Not really very British

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by RingoMcCartney » Fri Nov 02, 2018 3:08 pm

aggi wrote:Can't be Hawking, he wasn't conservative and as we all know:

By the age of 20, if you're not a socialist. You have no heart.

By the age of 40, if you're not conservative. You have no brain


What kind of scientist has no brain?
What kind of poster attempts to make petty political point scoring, by taking comments out of context?

One with no brain.....

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by aggi » Fri Nov 02, 2018 4:32 pm

So you agree it's a meaningless phrase.

As to the topic at hand, I'd say Turing or Ada Lovelace

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Bosscat » Fri Nov 02, 2018 4:38 pm

aggi wrote:So you agree it's a meaningless phrase.

As to the topic at hand, I'd say Turing or Ada Lovelace
Thought you said Linda for a minute......

That would have been hard to swallow ;)
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by evensteadiereddie » Fri Nov 02, 2018 4:44 pm

Shouldn't the above post be in the "Quick gag" thread ?
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by gandhisflipflop » Fri Nov 02, 2018 4:47 pm

I vote for the turtle.
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by RingoMcCartney » Fri Nov 02, 2018 5:08 pm

aggi wrote:So you agree it's a meaningless phrase.

As to the topic at hand, I'd say Turing or Ada Lovelace
Virtue signalling your credentials by your, oh so, predictable Politicaly Correct choices! :lol:

And no I dont agree it's a meaningless phrase.

"By the age of 20 if you're not a socialist, you have no heart.

By the age of 40 if you're not conservative, you have no brain"

In my experience is accurate. ( but thanks for giving me the opportunity to use it again)

Maybe Stephen Hawking is just the exception that proves the rule.

Anyway you have a great weekend in your metropolitan Remoaner bubble, where tomorrow is a home game for you!

Remember, there's a whole country out there that didn't vote how you and your friends and associates did in the referendum!

When all us knuckle dragging, xenophobic, racist, pitch fork wielding, uneducated, Brexiteers come down tomorrow, to where all the sophisticated and enlightened dwell . It may pain you, but try and remember , our side won!!!

Toodle pip

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by RingoMcCartney » Fri Nov 02, 2018 5:09 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:I vote for the turtle.
He's already on the 9 bob note.
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by bfcjg » Fri Nov 02, 2018 5:53 pm

Turing my choice so far. However when we discussed it at work Patrick Moore came up. Not sure if you could describe him as a scientist but lots of people were inspired by The Sky at Night to buy telescopes look at the night sky and observe planets I know I was. Some famous people such as Brian Cox were inspired by him.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by evensteadiereddie » Fri Nov 02, 2018 5:55 pm

RingoMcCartney wrote:Virtue signalling your credentials by your, oh so, predictable Politicaly Correct choices! :lol:

And no I dont agree it's a meaningless phrase.

"By the age of 20 if you're not a socialist, you have no heart.

By the age of 40 if you're not conservative, you have no brain"

In my experience is accurate. ( but thanks for giving me the opportunity to use it again)

Maybe Stephen Hawking is just the exception that proves the rule.

Anyway you have a great weekend in your metropolitan Remoaner bubble, where tomorrow is a home game for you!

Remember, there's a whole country out there that didn't vote how you and your friends and associates did in the referendum!

When all us knuckle dragging, xenophobic, racist, pitch fork wielding, uneducated, Brexiteers come down tomorrow, to where all the sophisticated and enlightened dwell . It may pain you, but try and remember , our side won!!!

Toodle pip
Bonkers !

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by evensteadiereddie » Fri Nov 02, 2018 5:57 pm

Wait, it's Friday, replace the "bonkers" with "rat-arsed on a Friday afternoon again." ;)
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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by RingoMcCartney » Fri Nov 02, 2018 6:29 pm

evensteadiereddie wrote:Wait, it's Friday, replace the "bonkers" with "rat-arsed on a Friday afternoon again." ;)
Wait! Tired, boring, predictable and gob smackingly unoriginal. Just like his posts!

Its Eddie!

How long before another thread gets deleted cos of his anger problems!? :lol:


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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by randomclaret2 » Fri Nov 02, 2018 6:39 pm

Fair play to IT for suggesting Cynthia Payne
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Post by Bosscat » Fri Nov 02, 2018 6:39 pm

evensteadiereddie wrote:Shouldn't the above post be in the "Quick gag" thread ?
Boom Boom

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by aggi » Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:04 am

RingoMcCartney wrote:Virtue signalling your credentials by your, oh so, predictable Politicaly Correct choices! :lol:

And no I dont agree it's a meaningless phrase.

"By the age of 20 if you're not a socialist, you have no heart.

By the age of 40 if you're not conservative, you have no brain"

In my experience is accurate. ( but thanks for giving me the opportunity to use it again)

Maybe Stephen Hawking is just the exception that proves the rule.

Anyway you have a great weekend in your metropolitan Remoaner bubble, where tomorrow is a home game for you!

Remember, there's a whole country out there that didn't vote how you and your friends and associates did in the referendum!

When all us knuckle dragging, xenophobic, racist, pitch fork wielding, uneducated, Brexiteers come down tomorrow, to where all the sophisticated and enlightened dwell . It may pain you, but try and remember , our side won!!!

Toodle pip
You could describe it as virtue signalling if your view of science mainly came from newspaper headlines. I'm personally favouring those who I think contributed most. Exactly which specific papers make you think Hawking deserves this. He's done a great job at popularising physics for those with a basic understanding but I'd say the other two contributed more.

Why does an exception prove the rule. In a logical world the exception would disprove the rule.

You seem to have a dim view of your fellow Brexit voters. I've never suggested they're knuckle dragging, xenophobic, racist, pitch fork wielding, uneducated, Brexiteers. Not sure why you're describing them in that way.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by MACCA » Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:35 am

Who wants 100's of Stephen Hawkins face hidden under their mattress...

Although any change is better than none, I see more of James Watt than I do my kids...

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by dsr » Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:40 am

I'd go for Edward Jenner. By discovering the smallpox vaccine he essentially discovered the principle of vaccination. Which added, what, 20 years on average to our lives?

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by dsr » Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:41 am

MACCA wrote:Who wants 100's of Stephen Hawkins face hidden under their mattress...

Although any change is better than none, I see more of James Watt than I do my kids...
I can only afford Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny's faces hidden under my mattress. And flaming uncomfortable it is too! :cry:

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Wo Didi » Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:59 am

KeighleyClaret wrote:Hawking was a populist but most people haven't read or even understood his work. He was also a bit controversial in some of his views.

Turing was a superstar with an Einstein like mind, and a fantastic war record at Bletchley. Sadly he was prevented from making as big a contribution as his intellect warranted by the scandalous way he was prosecuted for 'gross indecency' (being gay) and had to agree to be chemically castrated. He killed himself 2 years later aged 42.

Society's loss - the least we can do is put him on the £50 note. Its worth looking him up on line.

Absolutely spot on.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Wo Didi » Sat Nov 03, 2018 1:09 am

aggi wrote:Can't be Hawking, he wasn't conservative and as we all know:

By the age of 20, if you're not a socialist. You have no heart.

By the age of 40, if you're not conservative. You have no brain


What kind of scientist has no brain?

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Imploding Turtle » Sat Nov 03, 2018 1:37 am

Cleveleys_claret wrote:Although she became an american citizen? Not really very British

She was born here.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Bosscat » Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:21 am

Dark Cloud wrote:Mrs Beaumont who taught Science at Fearns in the 70's would be a good shout. Mmmm!
We had a Miss Dimry teaching Maths at Settle High School in the early 70's ... she always wore very short skirts.... more dropped pens/pencils in that class than any other ;)

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by RingoMcCartney » Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:26 am

aggi wrote:You could describe it as virtue signalling if your view of science mainly came from newspaper headlines. I'm personally favouring those who I think contributed most. Exactly which specific papers make you think Hawking deserves this. He's done a great job at popularising physics for those with a basic understanding but I'd say the other two contributed more.

Why does an exception prove the rule. In a logical world the exception would disprove the rule.

You seem to have a dim view of your fellow Brexit voters. I've never suggested they're knuckle dragging, xenophobic, racist, pitch fork wielding, uneducated, Brexiteers. Not sure why you're describing them in that way.
the presence of an exception applying to a specific case establishes ("proves") that a general rule exists.

As for the description of my fellow Brexiteers. Stop the childish pretence it's how I view us. Start acknowledging it's how you and your chums in the metropolitan bubble of enlightenment and sophistication see us. A place where, given your inability to work out what ' the exception that proves the rule ' means, combined with a lack of understanding of sarcasm, kind of makes you something of an outsider!

Enjoy your, bubble dwelling, home game.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Lord Beamish » Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:30 am

Before her not inconsiderable career in British Politics,
Margaret Hilda (nèe Roberts) Thatcher was a Chemist of some nite.
She even devised a way of blowing gas into ice cream to make it whippy and also stretch the base materials further. So before stealing kids’ milk products she was making them more economic for their manufacturers.

She’d be a fairly uncontentious nomination for the back of the £50 note.

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Re: New £50 note will feature a scientist

Post by Dike Muff » Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:45 am

RingoMcCartney wrote:the presence of an exception applying to a specific case establishes ("proves") that a general rule exists.
This is a misconception. The use of ‘prove’ in the term ‘an exception that proves the rule’ is an archaic one. It simply means to ‘test’. We still use this term when making bread. After making the dough, it is left to ‘prove’. This is a test to see if the yeast is taking action and the dough is to rise before baking. It is also sometimes used in the term ‘Proving Ground’ where devices are tested.

An exception that proves the rule is not one that confirms or establishes it, it is one that tests and goes against it.
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