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␈↓ ↓H␈↓ε␈↓ βBSTANFORD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY

␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ ¬nApril 26, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓αTo:␈↓ αH␈↓Professor Sidney Hook

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓αFrom:␈↓ αH␈↓John McCarthy, Director, Arti≡cial Intelligence Lab.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Professor Hook:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α∞entirely␈α∞agree␈α∞with␈α∞you␈α∂about␈α∞Pound,␈α∞and␈α∞I␈α∞gather␈α∞that␈α∂you␈α∞didn't␈α∞start␈α∞the␈α∞use␈α∂of␈α∞the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓word␈α
"obscene"␈αin␈α
the␈α
current␈αcontroversy.␈α
 However,␈αmy␈α
recent␈α
experience␈αhas␈α
been␈α
that␈αreason
␈↓ ↓H␈↓loses␈αwhen␈αthe␈αword␈αis␈αlegitimized␈αfor␈αuse␈αin␈αcontroversy,␈αbecause␈αit␈αis␈αused␈αto␈αstate␈αpositions␈αthat
␈↓ ↓H␈↓are not further justi≡ed.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Enclosed is a review that may interest you.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy, Director, Arti≡cial Intelligence Lab.