Word: humanity
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While discussing the importance of memory, Michael Lemonick made the absurd statement that "there's really no such thing as the present." This contradicts all serious philosophical analysis--both Eastern and Western. In reality there is nothing but the present as far as human experience is concerned. The present is the intersection of our consciousness with the flow of time. Both past and future exist only as mental constructs in present consciousness, the past as memory and the future as imagination. ROBERT M. TAYLOR, ASSOC. PROFESSOR Clinical Neurology Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio...
...Doogie for their strain of supermouse might have more appropriately chosen the name Algernon, as a warning to themselves. Algernon is the mouse in Daniel Keyes' famous story Flowers for Algernon, and the improvement in its skills is short lived, as is the improvement in the skills of the human experimented on in the tale. FRED CRAWFORD Ellon, Scotland...
...Former estimate of number of genes in the human body...
...Estimated number of human genes, based on new research...
...director Mark Illsley on the script, he creates drama by placing decent folks in uncomfortable situations. It's as simple as having a man or a woman fall in love with someone wildly unsuitable, and as difficult as making all the parties pleasant and plausible--in the best sense, human...