Word: sethe
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...This isn’t the tagline for “The Matrix 3,” but rather the question proposed by MIT Professor Seth Lloyd ’82 in his new book, “Programming the Universe...
...Certainty,” which was edited by John Brockman. The panelists, who all contributed essays to the book, featured Harvard psychology professors, Daniel Gilbert, Mark D. Hauser, and Elizabeth Spelke, as well as a Tufts philosophy professor, Daniel C. Dennett, and an MIT engineering professor, Seth Lloyd. Spelke said she believes human beings are alike, but that she also believes they are predisposed to believe they are fundamentally different. She said, though, that she remained convinced that people are capable of overcoming their beliefs when these are disproved. Gilbert claimed that “the only fact that proves...
...told them how I thought the recent fever was most likely due to a brief viral illness and certainly if the fever recurred I would want to reexamine Seth. Again, I was met with blank expressions all around, except for Seth, who had found a stash of Pepperidge Farm goldfish in his mother?s purse and was happily munching them. I then asked if there was any information I hadn?t asked, if Seth had any other symptoms that I hadn?t touched upon. "You?re the doctor," Seth?s father said...
...doctor - and given their body language, I was clearly not serving my patient or his family. I did a quick scan of my notes, performed a quick mental review of my history and physical and felt confident that I wasn?t missing anything - except of course, what was worrying Seth?s family. I scanned their faces slowly, but each one in turn looked away until I met eyes with the grandmother. She licked her lips, "My cousin?s grandson had a fever and then a nosebleed and he died of leukemia...
...relieved to hear this that I got teary, as did Seth?s family. Years of clinical experience told me that Seth did not have leukemia. He had no pallor or bruising, his spleen and his lymph nodes weren?t enlarged, and the history of his illness didn?t match. I knew he didn?t have leukemia, but what mattered was that they didn?t. A blood count performed two minutes later alleviated everyone?s fears, and after hugs all around, Seth?s family left the office rather giddily...