Brainpower
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{A huge mechanical ."‘brain’© which solves in minutes complex mathematical problems which take experts months and even years is being used by the" Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the solution of vital war problems. The machine, the first of its kind in the world, cost more than 130,000 dollars.Cable news item). MECHANICAL Brain! A contrivance to solve Conundrums that Experts Have tackled in VainWith Wheels that revolve In a new Sort of Cortex Not subject to Strain, So cunningly wired As to cull from the Vortex Of Figure and. Fact The Conclusions required! Oh, infallible Brain That can never be rack’d, Fagged, frenzied, or fevered, Or driven insane, Whose Thinking is merely Push-buttoned or levered And demonstrates clearly What common Grey Matter Might never explain! This surely must shatter Our simple Reliance On Reason, on Science: This wondrous Appliance Must herald an Era Of mechanised ThoughtMan's Freedom draws nearer That Freedom long sought From the Use of his Brain And the Sorrow and Pain That his Reason has wrought!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 201, 30 April 1943, Page 2
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172Brainpower New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 201, 30 April 1943, Page 2
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