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... speech , for in discarding or blurring the detailed structure , it has effected a completely mechanical separation of the emotive and informative functions of speech . The output of this infernal machine is perfectly intelligible and ...
... speech , for in discarding or blurring the detailed structure , it has effected a completely mechanical separation of the emotive and informative functions of speech . The output of this infernal machine is perfectly intelligible and ...
Page 100
... speech but thought itself with the muscular movements made in the larynx . That wild leap of Hobbes ' from automata to organisata brought the desired conclusion - automatically . If indeed automata are artificial organ- isms , why ...
... speech but thought itself with the muscular movements made in the larynx . That wild leap of Hobbes ' from automata to organisata brought the desired conclusion - automatically . If indeed automata are artificial organ- isms , why ...
Page 281
... , and intercommunication . Though for convenience one may talk about ' Man ' this is only a trick of speech : for except in a statistical sense no such uniform and universal creature exists . Up to now , THE TECHNIQUE OF TOTAL CONTROL 281.
... , and intercommunication . Though for convenience one may talk about ' Man ' this is only a trick of speech : for except in a statistical sense no such uniform and universal creature exists . Up to now , THE TECHNIQUE OF TOTAL CONTROL 281.
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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