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From: jwi@lzfme.att.com (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Turing Test and Subject Bias
Summary: It's not fair
Keywords: Intelligence, Idea, Problem, Thinking
Message-ID: <1446@lzfme.att.com>
Date: 28 Jun 89 14:36:46 GMT
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Barry Kort writes:

> >Perhaps I am a bit perverted, but, when *I* use the word, "intelligence",
> >I mean "the ability to think and solve problems".

Gilbert Cockton comments:

> Wow, that's tight!  What if I can only solve some of your problems?
> What if I'm brilliant at some, and moderte at others?
...
> I'd love to staff a MacDonald's for a day completely with MENSA types
> to see how their IQ scores prepared them for all the problems of
> fast-food service :-)

Jim Winer adds:

It's *not fair* to *actually listen* to what somebody is saying and then
comment on it. It's also *not nice* to pick on MENSA types and others
with congenital defects.
.
But it's fun.

Jim Winer ..!lzfme!jwi 

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