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What is the psychological distance between, say, humans and lemurs? Too great, or so scientists believe, for us to dare wonder how they think. To do that would be to anthropomorphize – to ascribe human thoughts and emotions to animals – and in science anthropomorphizing is a sin. Still, a sin wouldn’t be a sin if it didn’t feel so right . . . The monster lived inside Mrs. Kelly’s head, its tentacles reaching deep into the brain toward what neurosurgeon Tom Ducker called “the pilot light.” You’ve heard of SARs, bird flu and ebola. But what disease does public health officials fear most? It rarely appears in the news, but you could ask Nurse Ho . . .
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Jon Franklin
jonfranklin@nasw.org
