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There's a difference between being apathetic and being unopinionated. Lack of opinion indicates an interest, but lack of willingness to commit. It indicates a concern, but a lack of desire to fight, or to put yourself on a limb. Having no opinions is disturbingly safe...
...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don't believe in going out on a limb when the don't know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...
Next, Riddle said, researchers must demonstrate that Sonic hedgehog is necessary as well as sufficient for limb development...
Scientists have long known that the posterior, or bottom, portion of the limb bud is important in signalling for developmental patterning. The group's work "demonstrated that the Sonic hedgehog gene encodes the key substance that makes the bottom of the limb bud so special," Tabin said...
Daniel G. Jay, Loeb associate professor of the natural sciences, was enthusiastic about the teams' results. "I think their research is quite significant," said Jay, who studies neurodevelopment. "It's the first real clue as to the polarizing activity in the limb area and the nervous system...