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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Adrian Tymes <atymes@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wed, November 3, 2010 1:11:47 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [ExI] The answer to tireless stupidity<BR></FONT><BR>I was wondering when someone would put something like this together.<BR><BR>Perhaps in the next American election cycle, some high profile candidate<BR>(large state governor, or President) can put it together to rebut tweets using<BR>common arguments of the opposition.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Jeff Davis <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:jrd1415@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:jrd1415@gmail.com">jrd1415@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">You're gonna like this.<BR><BR>Chatbot Wears Down Proponents of Anti-Science Nonsense<BR><BR>http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/25964/?nlid=3722<BR><BR>Best, Jeff Davis<BR><BR> "Men occasionally stumble over the truth,<BR> but most pick themselves up and hurry off<BR> as if nothing had happened."<BR> Winston Churchill<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>extropy-chat mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</A><BR>http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>
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