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  • PAGE 6 THURSDAY APRIL 4,1974 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN 77 East Main, Sylva SYLVA FLOWER SHOP 586-2140 One Delivery Daily To Cullowhee! FLOWERS BY WIRE _ "The Brain Revolution" Explores Mysteries Of The Human Mind J PROFESSIONAL DRUG STORE WE HAVE WICKED WAHINE AND MAI TAI COLOGNE AND PERFUMES IN STOCK. E^r^^r^x^:^:^^ JUST ARRIVED!! Famous 120D Knit Shirts for Men SCHULMAN'S , DEPT. STORE fLsj^s>^»>^»>^»>^^^s>^^^^^»>^»>^ss^>^ss^s»^s>^ss^^^»j^»>^s>>jt] lB*fr»^^hs^is»^is»^Ss»T*&s»*is^sl^«».,*fri*»s»1*s»^s»^^ WHAT'S IN YOUR HEAD? (A review of The Brain Revolution by Marilyn Ferguson, Taplinger Publishing, 200 Park Ave. South, New York, New York 10003, 380 pp. $9.95) by John Christ (CPS)-- Science fiction writers who envision a future of genetic engineering by man to create a superbrain, or even a new species, may be predicting an unnecessary scientific ■ innovation, according to information presented in Marilyn Ferguson's "The Brain Revolution". The book, which is basically an overview of research being done in fields related to the brain, carries the message that the brain man already has may be the superbrain envisioned in speculative fiction. Reports from a wide range of fields which have a bearing on brain research indicate that man has only begun to develop his innate mental potential. The author also has a very positive attitude toward these discoveries and subsequent innovations, especially consider- Latimer . . .FROM PAGE 1 "Government regulation is per se inefficient, and the less of it we have, the better," said the WCU prof. "However, under crisis conditions, regulation is preferable to chaos." Latimer added that he hopes "the need of further controls will pass with the end of the Arab boycott," but cautioned that "the status of the boycott will be reviewed (by the Arabs) as of June 1 on the basis of Kissinger's successes with Israeland the negotiations over occupied Arab lands." Latimer stressed that complaints over pricing should be directed to the Internal Revenue Service, which has enforcement powers and may im- . pose severe penalties for price gouging. CHEVROLET Simpson Chevrolet recieved a new shipment of ASTRAS, MIYATA and MURRAY, the best of Europe. ^(eS dt^ 4^ ^ t^^ ***4 109 East Main Street -: - Sylva, North Carolina 28779 Telephone 586-2136 ing man's past history of perverting scientific discoveries for destructive or repressive ends. In general, however, Ferguson has presented a lucid treatment of an increasingly complex and rapidly advancing field, with a minimum of technical jargon, which looks at many of the scientific advances that can contribute to fascinating possibilities in man's Symposium .... .FROM PAGE 1 He warned that the world's food reserves are lower now than in many years, despite the fact of a good crop in 1973 and despite the fact that food production has steadily increased since the 1950's. Most of the increase has been offset by a rapidly rising population, Dr. Losman noted. In 1961, he said, the world had a food reserve of 94 days' supply, a stockpile that had dwindled to 51 days' supply by 1971. The 1974 projected reserve is only 29 days' supply. The energy crisis, related to the food crisis through the production of fertilizers, machinery and other agricultural aids, may be equally difficult to solve, warned a Minnesota environmentalist, Weston A. Fisher, "because we have acquired the largest and mostpo» werful interest groups who depend upon petroleum for their wellbeing." Fisher, an official of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, said that there also is lacking "a political spirit that recognizes the common plight of all men." Andrew J. Mair, coordinator of the "Food for Peace" program of the Agency for International Development, said that other nations are concerned that the U.S. may discontinue its commitment to food aid programs in times of short supply and increased commercial demand. But, he said, even though the United States is the best-fed nation in the world, it must remember that all of the peoples of the world are "living out of the same food basket." Richard Cravens, chief of the press section for the United Nations Development Program, discussed what he called "the failure of the international community" to support broad- based, long-term development programs and to guarantee stabilized prices to the farmer. Other speakers during the first two days of the symposium included Mark Lapoint, special advisor to the U.S. West Africa Famine Relief Mission, Carolyn Kimsey, a representative of "The Mother Earth News", and Dr. Theodore Schmudde, a soil specialist from the University of Tennessee. The symposium, sponsored by the WCU Chapter of the Council on International Relations and United Nations Affairs (CIRUNA), continued through today. future use of his own brain. Much of the book deals with scientific research in areas of brain function previously considered primarily as religious, occult or behavioral phenomena,, This includes dreams; learning; mental control of normal body functions such as heartbeat, secretion, and cell regeneration; biofeedback; meditation; and such "paranormal" phenomena as precognition and telepathic communication. Also dealt with are developments in brain anatomy, sense functions, child development, perception, and other topic s0 The book contains a number of newsworthy reports on scientific discoveries and interesting theories. Ferguson explains plausibly that the reason much research,, some of it not even particularly recent, doesn't reach the public is'be* cause specialists simply don't report it. Among the most significant developments: mammalian brains are now believed to be basically female, with the male brain primarily a modification of the female model; experience physically changes the brain and may have a much greater role in personality development than previously thought; a critical period of development occurs in humans between the ages of 10 to 18 - months, during which the amount of physical and mental stimulation received has an overwhelming bearing on eventual intelligence levels; fear of being wrong is a prime inhibitor of developing creativity in children; a specific peptide has been isolated in rats, which when injected into untrained rats, results in demonstrations of behavior learned by the donor rats; and strong evidence supports the existence of two separate, independently operating perceptual systems in the brain, one conscious, the other unconscious. One of the farthest-out theories presented concerns precognition. A British scientist has hypothesized the existence of particles called "psitrons", which exist mainly in a time dimension, have no measurable mass and travel faster than light. Limited ability to perceive such particles by the brain may cause flashes of precognition. The only possible drawback to the book seems to be a definite "pro-meditation" attitude. A recurring theme in some of the early chapters is the superiority of meditation techniques in altering consciousness over other methods, such as drugs, examined individually within those chapters. Later chapters deal with the effectiveness of increasing learning abilities, control of body and paranormal functions, and treatment of mental disorders through the use of altered consciousness states. The subtle conclusion is that through meditation, altered consciousness can best be achieved, making a host of other brain related activities easier to deal with. CONTINUED PAGE 8 .... . 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