219 works selected for the 40 candidate questions. Selections approved by Ben Breen, 29 September 2026. Arguments are unverified. Quotations were chosen by machine and are unchecked.
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1949JeffersonJefferson,The Mind of Mechanical Man (Lister Oration)EnglishEssayIn copyright
- Q02Would a machine's ability to converse appropriately be sufficient evidence that it thinks?
No. A machine that produces sonnets or answers is not thinking unless it writes them from felt thoughts and emotions and knows that it has done so.
- Q02Would a machine's ability to converse appropriately be sufficient evidence that it thinks?
1950CésaireCésaire,Discourse on ColonialismFrenchEssayIn copyright
Aimé Césaire
Discours sur le colonialisme
French · Essay
In copyright · No English translation
Open source →- Q34Does superiority in industrial or military technology justify one people governing another?
No. Colonizers' claims of roads, railways and material progress do not justify colonial rule; the Congo-Ocean railway cost lives, and no one knows what these countries would have built without Europe.
- Q34Does superiority in industrial or military technology justify one people governing another?