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  1. In 2012, Noam Chomsky mentioned a Lisp-language guy, #PatWinston. Winston said that, in the AI^1 field, people were directed away from "original questions." That sent me to #Chomsky's #PowersAndProspects(1996). _Prospects_ reminded me of Alex Carey's _Taking the Risk Out of Democracy_ and I now see #Mayo's #HawthorneStudies as 1927-1932 #PHacking. #GeorgeEltonMayo! in textbooks.
    ^1 AI, short for SALAMI: Systematic Approaches to Learning Algorithms and Machine Inferences #AISalami