Word: automata
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Think, Mr. Carswell (wherever you are), think, all of you: imagine the situation of your grader. (Unless, of course, he is of the Wheatstone Bridge-double differential-CH3C6H2(NO2)3-set. These people are mere cogs, automata; they simply feel to make sure you've punched the right holes. As they cannot think, they cannot be impressed; they are clods. The only way to beat their system is to cheat.) In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember, there is a man (occasionally a woman), a human type filling out your picture postcards. What does he want...
Think, Mr. Carswell (wherever you are), think, all of you: imagine the situation of your grader. (Unless, of course, he is of the Wheatstone Bridge-double differential-CH3C6H2(NO2)2-set. These people are mere cogs, automata; they simply feel to make sure you've punched the right holes. As they cannot think, they cannot be impressed; they are clods. The only way to beat their system is to cheat.) In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember, there is a man (occasionally a woman), a human type filling out your picture postcards. What does he want...