What is the symbol of modern philosophy? One symbol could be Turing’s apple, which cannot be fully eaten and only a bite can be chewed at terminal cost. Kind of a mix between Newton’s apple and Socrates’ hemlock. A cyanide coated apple allegedly was the cause of Turing’s suicide/fatal accident/murder Here is a quotation from the recent book about Alan Turing, the eccentric mathematical genius who was the Man who Knew Too Much, and who got into trouble for his homosexuality in England of the fifties and might have possibly been put down by the powers that be. A shameful story indeed. Read Leavitt’s book;

“Today the apple continues to fascinate. Much is made of its metaphorical implications. (Apple of death, apple of knowledge - but too much knowledge?) A rumour circulates on the Internet that the apple is the logo of Apple Computers is meant as a nod to Turing? The company denies any connection; on the contrary it insists that its apple alludes to Newton. But then why has a bite been taken out?"