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74 Post author: palladias 18 February 2013 05:05PM

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Comment author: palladias 18 February 2013 10:17:18PM 5 points [-]

There is a reward for Most Human Human (and a book by that same title I cite from in the longer talk I gave linked at the top). The computers can pass sometimes, and the author makes basically the same argument as you do -- the humans aren't trying hard enough to steer the conversation to hard topics.