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Alfred North Whitehead

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Mathematician

The Resume

    (February 15, 1861-December 30, 1947)
    Wrote 'Process and Reality,' 'Adventures of Ideas,' 'Modes of Thought,' 'Science and the Modern World,' 'The Aims of Education and Other Essays,' 'Religion in the Making,' 'Symbolism: Its Meaning and Effect' among others
    Co-wrote the three volumes of 'Principia Mathematica' with Bertrand Russell

Why he might be annoying:

    He was an agnostic.
    His middle and last names sound like directions for finding a zit.
    His parents thought him 'too delicate' to be sent to public school, so he was home schooled until he was fourteen.
    As a child he was a mediocre student, and failed to demonstrate his remarkable intelligence until he was older.
    He had a reputation for being a 'loner' while in college.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Along with Bertrand Russell and Gottlob Frege, he was one of the founders of modern symbolic logic.
    He was one of the world's most talented mathematicians during his lifetime.
    His youngest son died in World War I.
    He developed 'process metaphysics,' which had a major impact of many areas of philosophy.

Credit: Nihilism Cynicism Sarcasm Orgasm


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 29 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 133 Votes: 48.87% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 130 Votes: 41.54% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 168 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 253 Votes: 41.50% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 512 Votes: 44.53% Annoying