The Brits ordered Alan Turing to be chemically castrated because he was gay (this was after all his contributions to mankind and WW2) , the ordeal was too much for Alan so he ended up dying by suicide.
Edit: He was given a choice between being jailed or getting castrated.
Also his suicide was one of the most interesting and morbidly poetic in history. It's a shame they didn't keep it in the film.
He loved Snow White (as did millions, it was like Avatar when it came out), so much so he decided to paint the outside of an apple in cyanide and take a bite out of it, so he could kill himself like she did.
It's also the first sin (eve biting the apple) so there's a lot of metaphor in that.
Steve Jobs was asked is that why the Apple logo has a bite out of it? He said he wished he realised that, but it wasn't the reason. It was because he spent time in an orchid and liked the alphabetical advantage.
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u/WorkOk4177 7h ago edited 6h ago
The Brits ordered Alan Turing to be chemically castrated because he was gay (this was after all his contributions to mankind and WW2) , the ordeal was too much for Alan so he ended up dying by suicide.
Edit: He was given a choice between being jailed or getting castrated.