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...tell me I am about to make a grave mistake than have rubber-stamp yes-men. Tom Faulkner San Diego An Unkind Cut I found it offensive that in your section of people who had "15 Minutes of Fame" in 2003 [Dec. 29-Jan. 5], you included mountaineer Aron Ralston, the climber who had been pinned by a boulder and freed himself by cutting off his arm. What Ralston did was courageous and necessary to save his life. Instead of having 15 minutes of fame, Ralston, I am sure, would rather still have his right arm. Judy Sebastian Chester Springs...
...found it offensive that in your section of people who had "15 Minutes of Fame" in 2003 [Dec. 29--Jan. 5], you included mountaineer Aron Ralston, the climber who had been pinned by a boulder and freed himself by cutting off his arm. What Ralston did was courageous and necessary to save his life. Instead of having 15 minutes of fame, Ralston I am sure would rather still have his right arm. JUDY SEBASTIAN Chester Springs...
...understanding of romantic love. For many years I had regarded this wonderful experience as a constellation of related emotions that ranged from elation to despair. But psychologists distinguish between emotions and motivations--brain systems oriented around planning and pursuit of a specific want or need. And our colleague Art Aron was wedded to the idea that romantic love was not an emotion but a motivation system designed to enable suitors to build and maintain an intimate relationship with a preferred mating partner...
Indeed, because of Aron's dedication to this idea, we had begun our brain-scanning project with two hypotheses: my hypothesis that romantic love is associated with dopamine and other closely related neurotransmitters in the brain, and Aron's theory that romantic love is primarily a motivation system rather than an emotion...