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...Trying to understand consciousness by probing the workings of the brain is analogous to trying to find the source of pictures on your TV by analyzing the workings of the TV set. Until scientists recognize the transcendental nature of human existence, they will continue to wander blindly in a fog of ignorance. Ranko Pinter Cambridge, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding Your Way Around Your Brain | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

...that dealt with DNA. “He said, ‘Yeah, I could write your thesis, because there’s no way to judge poetry, right?’” Boudreau recalls. “The problem was, he just didn’t understand. I said, ‘I can intellectualize what your thesis is about, and I can understand how it’s challenging, but you can’t even understand how what I’m doing is challenging.’”Within the department, however...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Track of One’s Own | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

Jesus Christ, abstinence is sexy. Even talking about abstaining has made me hard. I still don’t really understand the rules, but I am very, very aroused. Last time I felt this amorous and tried to wait was when I saw Equus with some family friends and, out of politeness, held out until Act 2. My balls turned blue, and I couldn’t look at a horse for months without some degree of pain...

Author: By Kathleen E. Hale | Title: God, Abstinence Is Sexy | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

According to its information e-mail; “this class requires dedication, openness, willingness to communicate, suspension of judgment, and BRAVERY.” Bravery? It is difficult to understand what bravery has to do with attending field trips to porn shops or listening to a dominatrix give a lecture, both of which are potential offerings of a FemSex curriculum. Bravery would be having these conversations and trips out of your own curiosity, not as some sort of misguided attempt at finding a pre-determined “liberated” identity...

Author: By Vanessa J. Dube | Title: Both Hands and a Flashlight | 2/20/2007 | See Source »

...Republican-dominated Georgia senate has not been persuaded to move on a bill that would free Wilson, now 20. Last week, it refused to schedule a hearing on the bill, sponsored by state Sen. Emanuel Jones, a Democrat. Jones says he cannot understand why lawmakers are so reluctant to pass a law that would simply put Wilson on the same footing as defendants charged with a similar crime today. "I was quite surprised with the ferocity of the opposition to this legislation," Jones said. Sen. Eric Johnson, the Republican president pro tempore of the Georgia senate, argued that the bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should a Teen Sex Offender Go Free? | 2/20/2007 | See Source »

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