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  1. Xref: sparky comp.ai:5076 rec.arts.books:26511 misc.writing:4324 rec.arts.int-fiction:1304
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  3. From: daq@fc.hp.com (Doug Quarnstrom)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.ai,rec.arts.books,misc.writing,rec.arts.int-fiction
  5. Subject: Re: Computer writes a book? WHY?
  6. Message-ID: <C1J7tx.L0w@fc.hp.com>
  7. Date: 27 Jan 93 21:32:20 GMT
  8. References: <srt.728160284@aerospace.aero.org>
  9. Sender: news@fc.hp.com (news daemon)
  10. Organization: SPUGE
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  13.  
  14. Scott Turner (srt@aero.org) wrote:
  15. : pedersen@seas.smu.edu (Ted Pedersen) writes:
  16. : >The computer really isn't writing the book. It's the programmer who writes
  17. : >the program that writes the book.
  18. : 
  19. : The human author isn't writing the book.  It's the parents who birthed
  20. : and raised him that write the book.
  21.  
  22. The universe writes the book through the tool of evolution.
  23.  
  24. This seems a rather absurd thing to bicker over.
  25.  
  26. doug
  27.