Sometimes, computer programs have more insight than people. I just found NNDB and here is Keith Henson‘s entry:
That’s right, Keith is a professional victim. Ironic, eh?
And I just love that it’s so hard to find any reason why he’s notable that people cite this:
In Metamagical Themas Douglas Hofstadter credits Henson’s wife, Arel Lucas, for suggesting that the study of memes be called memetics.
Yep, that’s my dad.
But he was determined to be noteworthy after all.
nndb
I wonder how they determined that he’s noteworthy though. Certainly doesn’t correlate much with either what an individual has actually accomplished, how much media-attention they’ve been getting or how web-visible they are, so I wonder what the criteria is, precisely.
Re: nndb
One metric appears to be whether or not you have a Wikipedia page…
Douglas Hofstadter is one of the brightest philosophers still alive. I’m sure some ancient Greek would be immensely proud if Aristotle quoted his wife.
I don’t think you’re getting it.
Ran across this tidbit on a random blog today (which blog has nothing to do with programming or scientology): “Keith and Carolyn Henson raised them in Tucson (in town) in the seventies, along with rabbits. They wrote an early paper on space colony agriculture, presented at the first Princeton Conference, based on their own experiences.” Small world. I would never bat an eye on it if not for your posts.