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...many undergraduates. This is because most people simply do not like math. To a majority of the population (even at Harvard), the word can prompt feelings of terror, fear and even disgust. Indeed, it is a disturbing national trend that ignorance of mathematics is not seen as being embarrassing akin to illiteracy, but rather is to some a source of pride...
...which have already surpassed us at the former, may soon produce some chilling emulation of the latter. Kasparov, the latest standard bearer in humanity's war against our own obsolescence, is stoical in the face of the challenge. He muses that God, observing tomorrow's computers, may feel something akin to grandfatherly pride. "Maybe the highest triumph for the Creator," he says, "is to see his creations re-create themselves...
Politics is both less easily understood and more difficult to avoid than it is often given credit for being--voting is only the tip of the iceberg. Expressions of love and sex, as well as indifference and violence are more akin to the value-shaping and world-defining political process in which we are constantly engaged in, together...
...underhanded tactic--akin to basic forgery," Karger said...
Lucas' remaking of Star Wars is akin to someone's painting eyebrows on the Mona Lisa. Even worse, it took him 20 years to make the revisions. He should have used his energy to create prequels or sequels. We've been waiting for them for decades. SCOTT DAVID LIPPE Mineola, New York...