Scientists have imposed their values of precision, objectivity, and control on language, including attempts to build machines that use and create language as humans do¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 1962 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q1 i? The scientist's values of precision, objectivity, and control have been superimposed on language, and machines are being built to recognize letters and words as human brains do. → Jenkins 1962

Evidence¶

Jenkins 1962¶

Jenkins, William A. (1962). Time That Is Intolerant. Elementary English. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED030640

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Author's interpretive claim (type e) in the 'Language Is Humanizer' section, citing contemporary research such as a Lincoln Laboratory computer distinguishing hand-printed letters by "curved strokes, vertical lines, crossbars, and twenty-five other features."

"objectivity, and control has super- imposed his values on language. Atone extreme the scientist is attempting to create machines which will use and create lan- guage as human beings do."

Discussion¶

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