Comments on: Live by the spreadsheet, die by the spreadsheet http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2008/03/26/live-by-the-spreadsheet-die-by-the-spreadsheet/ Science, science education, and other things ... with a distinctly Southern drawl Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Will Dwinnell http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2008/03/26/live-by-the-spreadsheet-die-by-the-spreadsheet/#comment-21202 Will Dwinnell Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:52:11 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2008/03/26/live-by-the-spreadsheet-die-by-the-spreadsheet/#comment-21202 You make a good point about humans versus machines and who does (or "will do") the thinking. In the end, though, if people yield to machines in this arena, I believe they will only have themselves to blame. Perhaps a better model than Terminators is the character of Satan, as described in Poul Anderson's "The Broken Sword", who informs one of his victims, "Mortals never sell me their souls. They give them away." You make a good point about humans versus machines and who does (or “will do”) the thinking. In the end, though, if people yield to machines in this arena, I believe they will only have themselves to blame.

Perhaps a better model than Terminators is the character of Satan, as described in Poul Anderson’s “The Broken Sword”, who informs one of his victims, “Mortals never sell me their souls. They give them away.”

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