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Mr R. Shaffer
W.S.J.
[stamped, NOV -- 2 1982]
How smart is DENDRAL
As one of the authors of DENDRAL I was naturally pleased about the attribution --
Thank you!
However, the remark that "Dendral is better than any analytical chemist . . . ." Goes a mite further than any claim I can remember making for it; and I expect you are in a chain of indirect references that has sliced off the footnotes and qualifiers! I am still proud of what Dendral can do.
Yours,
Joshua Lederberg
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In this, yes, Dendral excels. Many chemists have far better tests and intuition, and less preci[ . . . ] [word cut off] in selecting the one right answer
J.L.