All 6 Uses
evaluate
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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- When Mike was installed in Luna, he was pure thinkum, a flexible logic—"High-Optional, Logical, Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV, Mod.†
Chpt 1evaluating = thinking carefully and making a judgment about
- Remember Mike was designed, even before augmented, to answer questions tentatively on insufficient data like you do; that's "high optional" and "multi-evaluating" part of name.†
Chpt 1
- "Mannie," said Wyoh, "that's a most self-centered evaluation."†
Chpt 6 *evaluation = the process of thinking carefully and making a judgment about something
- Which is not inconsistent with evaluation he expressed.†
Chpt 6
- He has a correct evaluation even though he may not be able to state it.†
Chpt 6
- But being rational, he knows that not all individuals hold his evaluations, so he tries to live perfectly in an imperfect world....aware that his effort will be less than perfect yet undismayed by self-knowledge of self-failure.†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(evaluate) to think carefully and make a judgment about something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)