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THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSCRIPT OF AN ACTUAL RADIO CONVERSATION RELEASED BY THE US NAVY:


US NAVY VESSEL:
'Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid
collision'


ANSWER:
'Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to avoid
collision".


US NAVY VESSEL:
This is the Captain of a US Navy ship; I say again divert YOUR
course" .


ANSWER
"No, I say again; divert YOUR course'.


US NAVY VESSEL:
THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE. WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF
THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW.'


ANSWER: This is a lighthouse. Your call."





The following insights were made by Rodolfo R Linas, MD, PhD,
Professor and Chairman, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
New York University


"The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a
suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For
this task it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and
takes root it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it . It's rather ffke
getting tenure.'


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