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Jack coughed slightly and offered his hand. __i, uh. I__ Jack.__im took it. __ack what?___uh?___our last name, silly.___ackson.__he blinked at him. __our name is Jack Jackson?__e blushed. __o, uh, my first name__ Rhett, but I hate it, so_ He gestured to the chair and she sat. Her dress rode up several inches, exposing pleasing long lines of creamy skin. __ell, Jack, what__ your field of study?___iological Engineering, Genetics, and Microbiology. Post-doc. I__ working on a research project at the institute.___eally? Oh, uh, my apple martini__ getting a little low._____e got that, one second._ He scurried to the bar and bought her a fresh one. She sipped and managed to make it look not only seductive but graceful as well. __hat do you want to do after you__e done with the project?_ Kim continued.__epends on what I find.__he sent him a simmering smile. __hat are you looking for?_ Immediately, Jack__ eyes lit up and his posture straightened. __ started the project with the intention of learning how to increase the reproduction of certain endangered species. I had interest in the idea of cloning, but it proved too difficult based on the research I compiled, so I went into animal genetics and cellular biology. It turns out the animals with the best potential to combine genes were reptiles because their ability to lay eggs was a smoother transition into combining the cells to create a new species, or one with a similar ancestry that could hopefully lead to rebuilding extinct animals via surrogate birth or in-vitro fertilization. We__e on the edge of breaking that code, and if we do, it would mean that we could engineer all kinds of life and reverse what damage we__e done to the planet__ ecosystem.__im stared. __ight. Would you excuse me for a second?__he wiggled off back to her pack of friends by the bar. Judging by the sniggering and the disgusted glances he was getting, she wasn__ coming back. Jack sighed and finished off his beer, massaging his forehead. __es, brilliant move. You blinded her with science. Genius, Jack.__e ordered a second one and finished it before he felt smallish hands on his shoulders and a pair of soft lips on his cheek. He turned to find Kamala had returned, her smile unnaturally bright in the black lights glowing over the room. __o_how did it go with Kim?__e shot her a flat look. __ou notice the chair is empty.__amala groaned. __ou talked about the research project, didn__ you?___o!_ She glared at him.__maybe___ou__e so useless, Jack._ She paused and then tousled his hair a bit. __heer up. The night__ still young. I__ not giving up on you.__e smiled in spite of himself. __et.__er brown eyes flashed. __ever.

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. . . I'm not sure we always respect the mysteries of the locked door and the dangers of the storytelling problem. There are times when we demand an explanation when an explanation really isn't possible, and, as we'll explore in the upcoming chapters of this book, doing so can have serious consequences. 'After the O.J. Simpson verdict, one of the jurors appeared on TV and said with absolute conviction, "Race had absolutely nothing to do with my decision,"' psychologist Joshua Aronson says. 'But how on earth could she know that? What my [and others] research . . . show[s] is that people are ignorant of the things that affect their actions, yet they rarely feel ignorant. We need to accept our ignorance and say "I don't know" more often.

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Malcolm Gladwell

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

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The problem with all fields of research is that people are impatient. It a particular line of enquiry seems to be making progress, we continue down the line, but if it seems to be getting nowhere, we abandon it. This is a problem because the route to the future is often tortuous. Things seems to be moving towards the goal but then unexpectedly snake off in the wrong direction. Initially unproductive approaches can often turn out to be the only ones that lead to the desired destination.

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Steve Grand

Creation: Life and How to Make It

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However, I have a stronger hunch that the greatest part of the important biomedical research waiting to be done is in the class of basic science. There is an abundance of interesting fact relating to all our major diseases, and more items of information are coming in steadily from all quarters in biology. The new mass of knowledge is still formless, in complete, lacking the essential threads of connection, displaying misleading signals at every turn, riddled with blind alleys. There are fascinating ideas all over the place, irresistible experiments beyond numbering, all sorts of new ways into the maze of problems. But every next move is unpredictable, every outcome uncertain. It is a puzzling time, but a very good time. I do not know how you lay out orderly plans for this kind of activity, but I suppose you could find out by looking through the disorderly records of the past hundred years. Somehow, the atmosphere has to be set so that a disquieting sense of being wrong is the normal attitude of the investigators. It has to be taken for granted that the only way in is by riding the unencumbered human imagination, with the special rigor required for recognizing that something can be highly improbable, maybe almost impossible, and at the same time true.Locally, a good way to tell how the work is going is to listen in the corridors. If you hear the word, "Impossible!" spoken as an expletive, followed by laughter, you will know that someone's orderly research plan is coming along nicely.