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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
¬March 27, 1977 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Michael Dertouzos
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Laboratory for Computer Science
␈↓ ↓H␈↓M.I.T.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓545 Technology Square
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mike:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Here␈α
are␈α␈↓↓all␈↓␈α
the␈α
comments.␈α It␈α
turned␈α
out␈αI␈α
was␈α
almost␈αdone,␈α
so␈α
I␈αdecided␈α
to␈α≡nish␈α
according
␈↓ ↓H␈↓to␈αthe␈α
original␈αlines.␈α Moreover,␈α
I␈αdon't␈αhave␈α
your␈αdivision␈α
of␈αthe␈αessays␈α
into␈αcategories.␈α I␈α
decided
␈↓ ↓H␈↓not to comment on Arrow's paper.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Frankly,␈α
I␈αwould␈α
prefer␈αto␈α
consider␈αthe␈α
job␈α≡nished␈α
and␈αbe␈α
paid,␈αso␈α
let␈αme␈α
suggest␈αthat␈α
your
␈↓ ↓H␈↓editor␈αtry␈αto␈αglue␈αthe␈αcomments␈αtogether␈αif␈αthat␈αis␈αstill␈αwanted.␈α In␈αany␈αcase␈αI␈αwould␈αprefer␈αto␈αwait
␈↓ ↓H␈↓his␈α
reaction␈α
before␈αdoing␈α
anything␈α
more,␈αbecause␈α
there␈α
may␈αbe␈α
some␈α
changes␈αto␈α
be␈α
made␈αrather
␈↓ ↓H␈↓uniformly␈α
-␈α∞perhaps␈α
in␈α
the␈α∞direction␈α
of␈α
making␈α∞the␈α
comments␈α
more␈α∞impersonal.␈α
 It's␈α∞rather␈α
late,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓but␈αif␈αany␈αauthor␈α
feels␈αlike␈αobviating␈αany␈α
of␈αmy␈αcomments,␈αI'll␈α
be␈αglad␈αto␈αwithdraw␈αit.␈α
 Otherwise,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓they can reply.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α
hope␈α∞you␈α
can␈α
still␈α∞include␈α
the␈α
Lem␈α∞piece.␈α
 If␈α
you␈α∞do,␈α
I'll␈α
comment␈α∞on␈α
it,␈α
because␈α∞I␈α
have
␈↓ ↓H␈↓something␈α∂in␈α∂mind␈α∂about␈α∂how␈α∂the␈α⊂science␈α∂≡ction␈α∂view␈α∂of␈α∂the␈α∂world␈α∂di≥ers␈α⊂systematically␈α∂from
␈↓ ↓H␈↓reality, and I am curious to see whether it will also apply to Lem.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        In␈α
case␈α
the␈α
editor␈α
is␈α
up␈α
to␈αusing␈α
modern␈α
technology,␈α
my␈α
comments␈α
are␈α
successive␈α
pages␈αin
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the PUB ≡le STUDY.FS[W77,JMC] at SU-AI.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



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