Books about true love

[Jochen Fromm-5]

A new study says it is a piece of missing DNA
which restricts brain growth that makes us human
http://www.hhmi.org/news/kingsley20110310.html

Other says it is language or love. The
film "the princess bride" says "true love is
the best thing in the world, except for a mutton,
lettuce, and tomato sandwich; when the mutton is
really lean". So what do you think, is there such
a thing as true love? What is the best book about it?

a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
b) Mario Vargas Llosa, The Bad Girl
c) David Nicholls, One Day

-J.

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[Carl Tollander]

Yes there is.   No, there is no best book about it.   There may be a
best sandwich about it, but not for long.

C.

On 3/13/11 3:29 PM, Jochen Fromm wrote:

> A new study says it is a piece of missing DNA which restricts brain
> growth that makes us human
> http://www.hhmi.org/news/kingsley20110310.html
>
> Other says it is language or love. The film "the princess bride" says
> "true love is the best thing in the world, except for a mutton,
> lettuce, and tomato sandwich; when the mutton is really lean". So what
> do you think, is there such a thing as true love? What is the best
> book about it?
>
> a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
> b) Mario Vargas Llosa, The Bad Girl
> c) David Nicholls, One Day
>
> -J.
>
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[Pamela McCorduck]

Of these three, I have only read "Love in the Time of Cholera," which is a splendid book--a master at the top of his form, no foolin. 

But is it about true love? Readers of the book will remember that over the course of the book, the equation shifts. HE is in control at first, fooling around chronically, etc., while she is faithful, raising the kids, keeping her nose clean. At the end, SHE is in control; he depends utterly on her.

My own view of true love is a little more egalitarian and constant, but others may differ.

Pamela

 

On Mar 13, 2011, at 7:45 PM, Carl Tollander wrote:

Yes there is.   No, there is no best book about it.   There may be a best sandwich about it, but not for long.

C.

On 3/13/11 3:29 PM, Jochen Fromm wrote:

A new study says it is a piece of missing DNA which restricts brain growth that makes us human

http://www.hhmi.org/news/kingsley20110310.html

Other says it is language or love. The film "the princess bride" says "true love is the best thing in the world, except for a mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich; when the mutton is really lean". So what do you think, is there such a thing as true love? What is the best book about it?

a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

b) Mario Vargas Llosa, The Bad Girl

c) David Nicholls, One Day

-J.

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				Christopher Hitchens

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[Eric Charles]

Interesting article.

On the topic of "love", it is nice to know that they figured out what happened to our spiny penises.

Suggested book title "Big brains and smooth penises: How losing five-hundred and ten pieces of DNA made us better than the monkeys."

Eric

P.S. Also speaking of love, since it seems easy for the scientists to produce, do you think we will soon see a market of people interested in genetic modifications to get blue genitalia?



On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 05:29 PM, "Jochen Fromm" <[hidden email]> wrote:

A new study says it is a piece of missing DNA 
which restricts brain growth
that makes us
human
http://www.hhmi.org/news/kingsley20110310.html

Other says it is
language or love. The 
film "the princess bride" says "true love is 
the
best thing in the world, except for a mutton, 
lettuce, and tomato sandwich;
when the mutton is 
really lean". So what do you think, is there such 
a
thing as true love? What is the best book about it?

a) Gabriel Garcia
Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
b) Mario Vargas Llosa, The Bad
Girl
c) David Nicholls, One
Day

-J.

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[Nick Thompson]

Really great article , Jochen.  Wish we had had it for our evo-devo seminar!

 

Thanks,

 

Nick

 

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On the topic of "love", it is nice to know that they figured out what happened to our spiny penises.

Suggested book title "Big brains and smooth penises: How losing five-hundred and ten pieces of DNA made us better than the monkeys."

Eric

P.S. Also speaking of love, since it seems easy for the scientists to produce, do you think we will soon see a market of people interested in genetic modifications to get blue genitalia?



On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 05:29 PM, "Jochen Fromm" <[hidden email]> wrote:

A new study says it is a piece of missing DNA 
which restricts brain growth

that makes us

human
http://www.hhmi.org/news/kingsley20110310.html

Other says it is

language or love. The 
film "the princess bride" says "true love is 
the

best thing in the world, except for a mutton, 
lettuce, and tomato sandwich;

when the mutton is 
really lean". So what do you think, is there such 
a

thing as true love? What is the best book about it?

a) Gabriel Garcia

Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
b) Mario Vargas Llosa, The Bad

Girl
c) David Nicholls, One

Day

-J.

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