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The e-mail address of wordnet is:
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This project has been funded by a grant from the federal government. The
principal investigator is George Miller. His contact information,
including his e-mail address and telephone number, are below. In my
message to Professor Miller, I certainly stated in absolute clarity that
I did not like my taxpayer funds used to make political statements of
this nature and urged him to change the definition.
Kelly
George A. Miller
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Psychology,
Emeritus.
Princeton University
Department of Psychology
1-S-5 Green Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone: 609-258-5973 or 609-258-2972
Fax: 609-258-1113 [log in to unmask]
Senior research psychologist and principal investigator of
WordNet
and
Reader
Author of
The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on our Capacity
for Processing Information
The Psychological Review
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From: "Martin Courcelles" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 6:43 PM
Subject: Of concern:
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> Hi there:
> I was bored today and did a search on google. =20
> I type the following:
> what is a blind person
>
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> Again, I did this because I was bored. =20
> Boy, was I surprised when I looked at the first thing that came up. =20
> It seems that Princeton is hosting some sort of webbased word
definition =
> engine. =20
> Here's what it said.
>
> Web Definition:
>
> blind person -
> a person with a visual handicap severe enough to leave them
unemployable
> You can find this gem of a definition at the following link:
>
> www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn -
>
> I would urge you to send them an email so as they correct this awful =
> misinformation. =20
> I couldn't believe this when I read it today. =20
> I sent them a few links so as to educate the author.
>
> Cheers,
> martin
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi there:</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was bored today and did a search on
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I type the following:</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>what is a blind person</FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Again, I did this because I was =
> bored. =20
> </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Boy, was I surprised when I looked at
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> thing that came up. </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It seems that Princeton is hosting
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> webbased word definition engine. </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here's what it said.</FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Web Definition:</FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>blind person -<BR>a person with a =
> visual handicap=20
> severe enough to leave them unemployable<BR>You can find this gem of
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I would urge you to send them an email
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> so as they=20
> correct this awful misinformation. </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I couldn't believe this when I read it
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> today. =20
> </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I sent them a few links so as to =
> educate the=20
> author.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
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