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>From: bill@nsma.arizona.edu (Bill Skaggs)
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Subject: Re: Turing Test Myths
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Date: 18 Aug 92 07:10:50 GMT
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In-Reply-To: markrose@spss.com's message of 17 Aug 92 19: 14:57 GMT

markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder) writes:

   > > For a male imitating a female, I would begin by asking for an
   > > explanation of the system of women's clothing sizes.  (Junior, Misses,
   > > etc.)  Then I would ask for an explanation of "her" philosophy for
   > > using makeup.  And so on.
   >
   > Would *you* be able to detect "wrong" answers to these questions?  
   > If so, then you know enough about women to pass your own test.
   > If not, then males could certainly imitate women well enough to
   > pass the test with you.

Not so.  It is often possible to detect a lie (because of internal
inconsistency) without knowing the truth.

Anyway, try to imagine how *you* (a man) would respond if asked
questions like these.  I know that *I* would be completely befuddled,
and anybody with any sense would quickly realize that I didn't know
what I was talking about.

	-- Bill


