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From: dhw@itivax.iti.org (David H. West)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Turing Test and Subject Bias
Message-ID: <2052@itivax.iti.org>
Date: 10 Jul 89 16:53:05 GMT
References: <1415@uceng.UC.EDU> <2037@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> <5453@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: dhw@itivax.UUCP (David H. West)
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In article <5453@pt.cs.cmu.edu> jps@cat.cmu.edu (James Salsman) writes:
]In article <2037@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> mbb@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (martin.b.brilliant) writes:
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]> IQ runs in my family.
]
]Please do not interpolate that idea:  if you do, then
]you will be running the risk of
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] ENTRY     racism (RAY'siz'uhm) n.

Marty's statement is potentially refutable, and hence capable of
refinement into a scientific hypothesis.  It is thoroughly
reprehensible to suggest that such a thing should be rejected by
purely political criteria.  We are descending into barbarity quite
fast enough already, thank you.