Haitian Zombie, Myth, and Modern Identity

Artificial intelligence - a modern myth

Recently there has been a plethora of books questioning the feasibility of strong AI, including works by Penrose (1989), Bringsjord (1992), Moody (1993) and this title from Kelly. All these works have much to offer the interested agnostic, but Kelly’s remains the most comprehensive in scope and the most thorough in content. What gives this work its Trojan edge is that it is written by a Compute...

Orientalism and the Modern Myth of "Hinduism"

a meaningful nitary notion of Hinduism from the Indian phenomena, unless it is done by exclusion..." (Frits Staal [1989], Ritual Without Meaning, p. 397). Orientalism and the Modem Myth of "Hinduism" 165 The work of integrating a vast collection of myths, beliefs, rituals, and laws into a coherent religion, and of shaping an amorphous heritage into a rational faith known now as "Hinduism" were ...

The G-spot: a modern gynecologic myth.

The G-spot is an allegedly highly erogenous area on the anterior wall of the human vagina. Since the concept first appeared in a popular book on human sexuality in 1982, the existence of the spot has become widely accepted, especially by the general public. This article reviews the behavioral, biochemical, and anatomic evidence for the reality of the G-spot, which includes claims about the natu...

The Modern Construction of Myth [Review]

Zombie cells

In This Issue In This Issue Zombie cells ooks can be deceiving—even a cell that appears healthy may be doomed to die. Ekert et al. (page 835) report that cells lacking two important caspases can survive in the short term without a growth factor, but will succumb eventually. Thus, the normal job of these caspases may be to accelerate the dying process rather than control the commitment of cells ...