[lbo-talk] More on science

[Carl Remick]

>From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
>
>... the nature of
>computers can only be _really_ understood by those who use them to get
>things done and who wouldn't know Turing from a Stanley Steamer.

The surest way to tell the difference is via a Turing Test:  You administer 
each subject a series of questions.  The subject that provides 
unintelligible answers but is capable of developing 600 pounds of boiler 
pressure and a top speed of about 50 mph is a Stanley Steamer.

Carl

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