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To: Morpher who wrote (5963)	11/16/1997 10:14:00 PM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16892

Off Topic Morpher, "Scientific American" has deteriorated badly to where it now publishes junk by junkers. This is sad: In the past you could learn new things from it. The finishing stroke for me was an article a few years back on artificial intelligence in which the "Turing test for Chinese" was expounded in nauseating, condescending, and completely unscientific, inaccurate, and (for the author) self-serving detail. Among other things, anyone with a basic understanding of the Turing test would know there's no such thing as a "Turing test" for this or that specific subject. Well, enough. Sorry to interject this note off-subject, but you struck a chord with your comments. I haven't read the particular article (canceled my SA subscription years ago), but your observations are consistent with mine, and the similarities are scary (non-experts expounding erroneously about subjects they do not understand under the flagstaff of a once-reputable magazine). We don't need this. Regards