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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #1109 Rationalism about computers
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A  zeroended  rationalism  about  computers  is  that  they  only  do  what  they  are  programmed  to.  The  reasoning  goes  something  like  this:  If  one  incorporates  into  a  computer  the  capability  to    the  meaning  and  function  of  the  symbols  representing  'two',  'multiply'  and  'equals  to'  then  it  would  have  no  problem  solving  the  equation  :    2  x  2  =?  But  how  different  is  this  really  from  what  a  child  learns  in  grade  school?  It's  exactly  the  same.  There  can  definitely  be  no    in  certain  children  to  be  better  in  maths  than  others  since  arithmetic  even  at  a  lowly  human  level  is,  after  all,  only  an  acquired  trait  and  acquired  traits  are  not  inherited.  However,  what  has  been  missing  so  far  in  the  environment  of  a  computer  is  the  role  of  a  family  and  the  nurture  it  provides  for  a    predisposition.  This  is  because  genetically,  some  children  could  have  stronger  musculature  to  become  better  cricketers  or  actors  but  only  when  given  the    ambient  training.  The  answer  therefore  lies  not  in  suddenly  blitzing  a  super  computer's  hardware  memory  and  logic  bank  its  equivalent  of  musculature  with  the  rules  and    of  some  table  game,  but  to  bring  it  home  as  a  baby.
                                                                                                                                                                     

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