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It might then be thought that the ultimate zero of understanding that can be expected of the interpreter would correspond to the ultimate height of understanding that can be developed by the formalizer, but this assumption neglects the negative potential of misunderstanding, the sheer perversity of interpretation that true human creativity can bring to bear on any text.
 
It might then be thought that the ultimate zero of understanding that can be expected of the interpreter would correspond to the ultimate height of understanding that can be developed by the formalizer, but this assumption neglects the negative potential of misunderstanding, the sheer perversity of interpretation that true human creativity can bring to bear on any text.
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Then again, computers are initially just as incapable of misunderstanding as they are of understanding.  Thus it affords a moderate compromise to address the task of interpretation to a computational system, a thing that is known to begin from a relatively neutral initial condition.
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Then again, computers are initially just as incapable of misunderstanding as they are of understanding.  Therefore, it affords a moderate compromise to address the task of interpretation to a computational system, a thing that is known to begin from a relatively neutral initial condition.
    
=====1.3.5.9. Partial Formalizations=====
 
=====1.3.5.9. Partial Formalizations=====
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