The charm of Eliza is that it was simply a Rogerian therapist who didn't try to be intelligent. Eliza's talent was to give you a way to get to get to hear your

The charm of Eliza is that it was simply a Rogerian therapist who didn't try to be intelligent. Eliza's talent was to give you a way to get to get to hear yourself. That doesn't require intelligence, so much as listening skills. There's nothing dumb about that.