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...recital of "Day in the Life" drew the applause and whistles of many slightly older members of the crowd. Songs like "Super Bon Bon" with its wicked uptempo chorus forced many others and me into that head-nodding-and-shaking-back-and-forth motion. Doughty's onstage mannerisms mimic Rage lead singer Zack De La Rocha, and if the lyrics were about some abused people somewhere, I wouldn't have noticed the difference...
...using in drug development for genetic disorders vary widely. If the gene defect results in a protein that does not function, says Myriad's Skolnick, "you would try to replace that function by introducing a correct version of the protein into the body. Or you would try to mimic the function of the missing protein with a synthetic compound...
Many psychoactive drugs--including opiates, the Valium-type compounds and angel dust--mimic the action of neurotransmitters by binding to particular receptors and influencing the neuron's firing. Pharmacologists have acquired the tools to screen new drugs quickly, testing their affinity for particular receptors by cloning, or duplicating, the receptors and then designing molecules that bind to them. So refined are the new techniques that scientists now know of 14 different receptors for serotonin, the ubiquitous chemical messenger that plays a critical role in sleep, mood, depression and anxiety. They have also discerned five different receptor subtypes for dopamine...
...programmer, I agree that computers can mimic the human thinking process [TECHNOLOGY, March 25], but I disagree that they have a consciousness similar to ours. When our thoughts are quieted (as when meditating), we experience pure consciousness. If a computer's "thoughts" are quieted, it becomes inert and has the consciousness of a rock. Also, unlike most of us, computers are unable to create original "thoughts"--all their "thoughts" are based on previous ones. We humans, through our consciousness, are able to have original ideas that have little or nothing to do with our past experience. MORTON BECKLEY Cape Town...
...many consciousness theorists can dance on the head of a pin? The truth is, a mechanical system that is complex enough (living or not) may mimic consciousness without actually being conscious. Your entire article might have been the result of such mimicry, as might this letter. Ultimately there is no way to distinguish real from false except via personal experience. I know I'm conscious, but I can't really speak for the rest of you. Peering into the brain is as futile as peering into a TV set to explain the mimicry of a sunset on the screen...