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The story itself has a fairly interesting premise for a horror flick: scheming husband marries a wealthy woman with a history of mental illness, then attempts to convince her that she's going insane with shrill noises, mysterious knocking and skulls that turn up at inopportune times.

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And I hope you'll come with me on my basic premise that words matter, that they shape the way we understand ourselves, the way we interpret the world and the way we treat others.

You know, it basically uses as its central premise Greek mythology.

And it's based on the premise that there are certain things that are easy for people, but really difficult for computers.

Now as seductive as the idea of control sounds, it's a false premise.

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