[identity profile] leora.livejournal.com 2005-04-22 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It reminds me of a short story I read once. I forget where or by who. It was aliens talking to humanity. They said they were sorry that we got left behind on Earth and that society had lost track of them. It was a shame that mutations had sprung up amongst us. But it was okay. They found us, and they found a cure. We could be welcomed back into galactic society, and we wouldn't even look weird. They'd found a way to turn us all back into being black-skinned.

That was cute. But imagine how incredibly enraged people would be if we tried to find a "cure" for being *pick any "race"*. (race in quotes because it's not a scientific or really well-definable concept, but still, I think the point comes across).

[identity profile] lakidaa.livejournal.com 2005-04-22 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
;______;

*sniffl*

and I know other people with Autsim-Spectrum-stuff, so this is even more ;_;.

I like it. properly emotional, but not too much.

[identity profile] xmorningxrosex.livejournal.com 2005-04-22 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
hey hey that's my local newspaper site! And the author works at my future school!

[identity profile] beetlebomb.livejournal.com 2005-04-22 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome icon!!! NIagara Falls is one of my favorite places!! :)

[identity profile] beetlebomb.livejournal.com 2005-04-22 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Back on topic, that was an interesting article. THe attitude of some of these people can really make my blood boil, however...

[identity profile] dkmnow.livejournal.com 2005-04-23 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yup, that one's a classic. Gernsbacher is just plain awesome. I wish more of her work on implicit learning were available online.

[identity profile] leora.livejournal.com 2005-04-22 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It reminds me of a short story I read once. I forget where or by who. It was aliens talking to humanity. They said they were sorry that we got left behind on Earth and that society had lost track of them. It was a shame that mutations had sprung up amongst us. But it was okay. They found us, and they found a cure. We could be welcomed back into galactic society, and we wouldn't even look weird. They'd found a way to turn us all back into being black-skinned.

That was cute. But imagine how incredibly enraged people would be if we tried to find a "cure" for being *pick any "race"*. (race in quotes because it's not a scientific or really well-definable concept, but still, I think the point comes across).

[identity profile] lakidaa.livejournal.com 2005-04-22 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
;______;

*sniffl*

and I know other people with Autsim-Spectrum-stuff, so this is even more ;_;.

I like it. properly emotional, but not too much.

[identity profile] xmorningxrosex.livejournal.com 2005-04-22 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
hey hey that's my local newspaper site! And the author works at my future school!

[identity profile] beetlebomb.livejournal.com 2005-04-22 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome icon!!! NIagara Falls is one of my favorite places!! :)

[identity profile] beetlebomb.livejournal.com 2005-04-22 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Back on topic, that was an interesting article. THe attitude of some of these people can really make my blood boil, however...

[identity profile] dkmnow.livejournal.com 2005-04-23 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yup, that one's a classic. Gernsbacher is just plain awesome. I wish more of her work on implicit learning were available online.