Word: suspectibility
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There are, however, two points I would like to clear up. First, I suspect that Dr. Edwards must have stated more clearly than your article does that he would leave probability (or odds) estimation to men, with computers aggregating the results of those human estimates. Second, I wish to take issue with your inclusion of the common fear-allaying disclaimer, "Whatever rudimentary reason a machine possesses is owed entirely to its creator and cannot exceed...
...gerontocratic order is undermined by a feeling that the older generation has disgraced itself (deauthorization). The scandal of racial discrimination, for example, deauthorized the older generation in the early sixties and brought into existence the New Left. The debacle in Vietnam, I suspect, more significantly enforced deauthorization in every region of the country...
Wiesner disposes of the first argument in short order. The figures Brennan cites are highly suspect on technological grounds, and he admits they are applicable only "assuming that the Soviets do not make a major increase in their offensive forces in response to our improved defense." The ABM would be the most incredibly complex electronic-mechanical system ever built, with all the fallability such complexity implies. The ABM's reliability could never be tested under conditions approximating those of a nuclear attack, simply because there is no way of simulating all the conditions of a nuclear attack. For example...
NEVERTHELESS I suspect the Nashville Skylineis not an album that anyone is going to treasure or play over and over again for years to come. It's not another Blonde on Blonde and in that sense it remains a disappointment. For the essential point about Bob Dylan's claim to artistic greatness is the quality of his rock-poetry. Words are overwhelmingly important in Dylan's creations...
...began "The Feminine Eye" column. Sometimes gentle, sometimes sharp, and always quick, Shana draws meaning-for men as well as women-out of seemingly ordinary personal feelings. She rebelled against presidential polls, for instance, because "I fiercely resent being told what I am going to do. It makes me suspect I may be being programmed. There is only one of Me,' I want to shout...