Is Science chauvinistic? It is not, but scientists often are. How does chauvinism in Science manifest itself? Could it be that we are genetically programmed to reject those we see as "foreign"? Somewhere in the eastern United States, I am told, there Is a nondescript building form which the government Monitors the world's telephone conversations. I find it Hard to believe that this can be done, but knowledgeable Friends assure me that today's computers can indeed Pierce the global gibberish, pick out keywords presaging Danger, and track their source.
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