The same chapter also included this turn of phrase which is... A choice. That had to be on purpose, right? Howard Gardner had to know how that sounded, right??

Looking through my copy of The Mind's New Science to get a refresher on the history of AI and found this note I wrote to myself as a joke a few years back. It is less funny now.

Step 1: Produce intelligent computer.
Step 2: ?
Step 3: Profit!

I used to teach a class on critical thinking that covered how language influences thinking. One of the tools of framing that I see most often (mis)used is negation. This headline from last week is an excellent example.