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...never even be aware of can effortlessly impinge upon our minds and lives and desktops. We probably see fewer people in person these days, but our lives are populated by an entire chorus of disembodied presences, amplified and directed by the Internet, as if we had all begun to suffer from a mild form of schizophrenia. Everybody talks a little louder now. There's a little less mental elbow room...
...Mystery of Pain Why does the same joint problem make one person suffer terribly while another has no pain at all? There are a few clues that might solve this puzzle
...discuss your work with any outsiders, even your closest friends and family. You’ll be assigned seemingly impossible missions (code named “problem sets”). And you will struggle in solitude or with a small band of comrades until you complete your mission. Suffer an ignominious defeat, and transfer to Computer Science. On a more physical plane, the Math department occupies some prime real estate. Its lounge opens onto a balcony above the science center’s front doors and is equipped with coffee machines that dispense their bitter nectar to supplicants day, night...
...asking, "So, who had sex last night?" and actually get a show of hands. (Nevermind, this is Harvard. Who are we kidding?) Formerly taught by Adams House Senior Tutor Michael Rodriguez, the class purports to cover everything from anatomy to politics. So, you might you might have to suffer those discussions about gender as a social construction and whether porn contributes to rape. But you'll also get to study stuff like the stages of female arousal—whoever you are, you'll benefit from knowing what an "orgasmic platform" is. The course videos will expose...
...care for the baby, it is potentially wiser, and perhaps even morally appropriate, to conserve the resources that would go towards a meager upbringing of the first child and to save them for the creation of a more healthy child-rearing environment later. Whereas the first child might well suffer while being raised by an unprepared, overworked, unhealthy, and neglectful mother, an abortion would allow the woman to postpone pregnancy until she first attains the social resources she needs to provide a healthy upbringing for her children. This reasoning applies to 70 percent of abortion-seekers, who say that they...