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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 

August 9, 1977 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Miss Sharon Slodki
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓American Scientist␈↓
␈↓ ↓H␈↓345 Whitney Avenue
␈↓ ↓H␈↓New Haven, Connecticut 06511

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Miss Slodki:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈αam␈αpleased␈αthat␈αyou␈αplan␈αto␈αpublish␈αmy␈αletter␈αabout␈αthe␈αGlass␈αpaper,␈αand␈αthe␈αversion␈αyou
␈↓ ↓H␈↓sent␈αme␈αis␈αacceptable.␈α However,␈αthe␈αomissions␈αsoften␈αmy␈αcriticism␈αconsiderably.␈α I␈αwould␈αprefer␈αto
␈↓ ↓H␈↓include␈αeither␈αthe␈αsentence␈α
␈↓↓"Any␈αhard-driver␈αwho␈αcomes␈αto␈α
the␈αNational␈αHealth␈αResearch␈αCenter,␈α
for
␈↓ ↓H␈↓↓example,␈α
has␈α
reason␈αto␈α
fear␈α
that␈αthere␈α
is␈α
more␈αon␈α
the␈α
agenda␈αthan␈α
lessening␈α
his␈αrisk␈α
of␈α
a␈αcoronary
␈↓ ↓H␈↓↓attack"␈↓␈α
or␈α
the␈α
sentence␈α␈↓↓"It␈α
seems␈α
to␈α
me␈αthat␈α
scienti≡c␈α
authors␈α
owe␈α
the␈αpublic␈α
a␈α
duty␈α
to␈αstate␈α
explicitly
␈↓ ↓H␈↓↓their␈α∂moral␈α∂premisses␈α∂when␈α⊂these␈α∂substantially␈α∂a≥ect␈α∂the␈α∂content␈α⊂of␈α∂their␈α∂work,␈α∂and␈α⊂referees␈α∂and
␈↓ ↓H␈↓↓editors␈α∞are␈α∂duty␈α∞bound␈α∂to␈α∞help␈α∂them"␈↓␈α∞even␈α∂at␈α∞the␈α∂cost␈α∞of␈α∂omitting␈α∞the␈α∂sentence␈α∞that␈α∂begins␈α∞␈↓↓"Dr.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓↓Glass's own studies show ..."␈↓.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        However, if you want to keep the criticism soft, that is acceptable to me.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science