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The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence

In The New York Times today, a notice for Madeleine George's new play contains this sentence

In multiple plotlines, the play examines the fear of depending on another person and the allure of using machines to meet emotional needs.

I feel so out of touch.

tags: Turkle robots
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Tell Me about It

You have no idea how important your arm is until you can't use it http://t.co/t4IlXFkNAw

— Kevin Pho, M.D. (@kevinmd) November 23, 2013

tags: Health Care
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Enthusiasm

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm" - Ralph Waldo Emerson #Toastmasters #WhereLeadersAreMade

— Toastmasters (@Toastmasters) November 20, 2013

"A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm." Charles Schwab

— Gary Hyman (@GaryHyman) November 22, 2013

tags: juxtaposition Emerson
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Something Unexpected Yet to be appreciated in Middlemarch

#OnThisDay in 1819 George Eliot was born. Middlemarch provides our earliest recorded example of the phrase 'what the hell'.

— The OED (@OED) November 22, 2013

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tags: Eliot
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Out of the mind of Voltaire


“Reasonable liberty permits the mind to soar — slavery makes it creep.” Voltaire on censorship http://t.co/WkYkEhvUlO #HappyBirthdayVoltaire

— Maria Popova (@brainpicker) November 21, 2013

I feel like I need to contrast this with Barry Goldwater.
tags: quotation
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