Talk:Theodore Kaczynski
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That he got a Polish name, it does not make him Polish-American. Where is the evidence he got anything to do with Poland or Polish culture (except some family roots in the distant past)? All I could find Polish about his was that his father was in "kelbasa" business.
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Nice entry. Kudos to all who worked on it.
A few years ago, ContinuUM News, a newletter of the UM math department, ran a brief synopsis of mathematical findings attributed to Dr. Kaczynski. Perhaps someone still has a copy and can add the gist of the piece to the article in a reasonably nonderivative way.
Someone left this question in the article, re K's brother: "
[So how come he's named here?]
The answer is, of course, that his identity became public, he's written about the incident, and there was discussion of what to do with the reward money. (I don't remember the details, so can't add them to the article.)Vicki Rosenzweig 23:12, 6 Nov 2003 (UTC)
- I added a comment about that to the article. Securiger 01:27, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Just came across this (http://www.corpus-delicti.com/profiles_unadoug1.html) psychological profile of the Unabomber, produced by the FBI in October 1995. The profiler in question apparently had a lot of other successes, but this one is quite marginal:
| FBI prediction | Correct? |
| Drives an older car in good condition. | No - did not have a car at all. |
| May have a wife or girlfriend. | No, never had a relationship with a woman, was hostile to women whom he considered "manipulative", but considered sex change surgery. |
| Likes to discuss the bombings -- how stupid the FBI is, how smart the bomber is. | In letters only. Not face to face. |
| Probably visited the scene of his early bombings, talked to police, asked questions, maybe even offered advice. | Don't know |
| He may have taken a plane trip this summer. | No. |
| Will kill again, despite promising not to. | Did not, although as he was arrested only 6 months later and averaged 9 months between bombs, he may not have had time. A completed bomb was found in his cabin. |
| White male. | Yes. |
| Now living or working around San Francisco. | Nope, Montana. |
| In his late 30s or 40s | Nope, 53 at the time. |
| Meticulous | Yes. |
| Underachieving | Depends how you reckon it; he attained a professorship by the age of 25, but then deliberately and consciously "dropped out" of mainstream life. |
| Intelligent | Yes. |
| Relatively anti-social. | More like extremely anti-social; he was a hermit. |
| Probably keeps a scrapbook or diary of his deeds. | Yes, a detailed diary, and also notebooks of bomb designs and test results. |
I wonder if it's worth mentioning how far off-base the FBI were? Securiger 20:58, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Good article. Koyaanis Qatsi 02:05, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- agreed. while it may not be as exhaustive as some others, this article really satisfied my curiosities regarding TK very well. just seemed to clearly hit all the right points. ✈ James C. 01:01, 2004 Aug 20 (UTC)
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NPOV?
The following seems to have a slight POV problem to me: "...though its scope is extremely broad, as Kaczynski also devoted large sections to railing at 'leftists' and 'oversocialized types'."
"Railing at" someone has a pretty negative connotation; IMO, this should be reworded. However, the rest of the article seems to be NPOV.
- If, having read the manifesto, you can think of a more appropriate word than "railing"... please feel free to reword. ←Hob 03:31, 2004 Sep 20 (UTC)
In addition, the segment "The stigma of its author's criminal acts has limited its popularity as a source in discussions of technology..." seems to be somewhat unjustified; I see very little to justify this; it seems to be unencylopedic and possibly biased.
- Agree, but I can't think of a better phrasing at present. Be bold! ←Hob 03:31, 2004 Sep 20 (UTC)
To me, the phrase "railing against leftists" by itself gives the immediate impression that Ted was a right-wing nut. While true to an extent, I think it would be prudent to mention Ted's criticism of conservatives, such as paragraph 50 in his manifesto: "The conservatives are fools: They whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society with out causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, and that such rapid changes inevitably break down traditional values."
math
- "...a pure mathematical problem about functions and circles that Duren said had no apparent practical application."
Does this really need to be mentioned? Isn't this very common in graduate math research? The sentence implies that pure math is something rare, when it really isn't, especially at the doctorate level of education. ✈ James C. 04:44, 2004 Oct 17 (UTC)
Respected bombmaker
I removed Ted Kaczynski is highly respected by Muslims, especially Palestinians for his bomb making abilities. by an anonymous user because I felt that this information added nothing of informational value to the entry and is pure opinion if is in fact true. oo64eva (AJ) 01:39, Apr 3, 2005 (UTC)
better picture?
Is there a better picture of this man available? The current one is too small. Also, most post-arrest photographs are very undignified. --Iusenospace 03:55, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I found a picture and placed it in the article. Its credited to AP but should be allowable under fair use, hopefully. --Nayra