simpleminded

Example Sentences

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“Most people think chickens are simpleminded, but a bit of patient instruction goes a long way, as you well know. This group can perform three different synchronized dance routines in contrasting rhythmic patterns. Let me show you.”

From Literature

Weizenbaum warned that the “reckless anthropomorphization of the computer” — that is, treating it as some sort of thinking companion — produced a “simpleminded view of intelligence.”

From Los Angeles Times

They use that intelligence — which is part of what corrupted them — to prey on more simpleminded folk who are virtuous.

From Salon

Weizenbaum warned that the “reckless anthropomorphization of the computer” — that is, treating it as some sort of thinking companion — had produced a “simpleminded view ... of intelligence.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Why would we raise pigs here?” he responded, incredulous at my simpleminded queries.

From The Guardian