Humans do differ in their brain power. Why is that so? How can it be possible that two persons can be so different that one gets the Nobel Prize for researches and developments is physics for example and the other one hasn't even got a slightest idea of electrons circulation? Is it some kind of blessing from above to be born intelligent and creative genius, or it is just a matter of upbringing from an …showed first 75 words of 1143 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1143 total…the oldest stereotypes of science in our culture, and probably one with which any one is familiar. It is certainly the model Mary Shelley used in her 1813 novel «Frankenstein» This is also the stereotype that comes most quickly to people's minds today when they think about cloning research and genetic engineering. While those areas of scientific research raise issues that require careful thought, they also require that our thinking not be obscured by stereotypical assumptions.