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Word: unfathomed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Three Chimps First. With all these pressing medical problems to be solved, why does man feel himself impelled toward, the dark unfathom'd caves of outer space? For one thing, despite his physical and emotional inadequacies, he is still a space-saving, weight-saving gadget compared with any electronic brain yet constructed. A cynical explanation favored in cybernetic circles: "Nowhere else can you obtain a self-maintaining computer with built-in judgment, which can be mass-produced by unskilled labor -and by people who like their work so well." To Dr. Simons, first man to have so long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: OUTWARD BOUND | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

...Around Us) is as true of the brain: "The largest and most awe-inspiring waves ... are invisible; they move on their mysterious courses far down in the hidden depths . . . rolling ponderously and unceasingly." This week there was a flurry of medical news made by researchers probing the dark unfathom'd caves of mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Ocean of the Mind | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

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