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Definitional Argument

A common hack in artillery troops, to improve the hit statistics is to first shoot, and then determine the target. In our case, the target is intelligence, so it is common practice to change its definition to match the performance of one's own approach. This argument is hardly convincing though, the ultimate comparison point will be humans after all.

Deniz Yuret
Tue Apr 1 21:26:01 EST 1997