[ExI] anorexic geniuses, was Re: Religions and violence.

[Damien Broderick]

On 8/3/2010 3:53 PM, Gregory Jones wrote:
> My favorite Godel story: He didn't realize fully the danger from the
> Nazis, being as Godel wasn't always on exactly the same planet with the
> rest of us, so the scientific community managed to get him to the US.
> Einstein and others were trying to get him US citizenship.  At the US
> consulate, he was given a copy of the US constitution, which he read
> carefully.  An embassy worker asked "Dr. Godel, what do you think of our
> constitution?"  Godel: "According to this document, the US could legally
> become a dictatorship."

The way I heard it, Godel was studying up for the required test and got 
a bee in his bonnet about that vulnerability in the constitution. As his 
pals prepped him for the hearing, they told him urgently, "And for the 
luvva Christ, Kurt, DON'T MENTION THE GODDAM FLAW IN THE CONSTITUTION!" 
He brought it up anyway, but the Judge shut him up, and allowed his 
citizenship.

Let's see, here's a source:

http://morgenstern.jeffreykegler.com/

Damien Broderick