Chapter 3
Skill: Preparation
Anatomy of a Geek Brain
Imagination is the mother of Truth.
—Sherlock Holmes
The professor pulled a snow white rabbit out of the cage, its pink nose twitching. The six second-year NYU medical students stood eagerly around him as he held it out for them to inspect. Dr. Lewis Thomas, the charming new head of the pathology department, looked back at them through his goofy coke-bottle glasses.
“Last night, I gave this little fellow an injection of papain, an enzyme made from papaya. Let's sit him next to a bunny that hasn't been injected.” He took another white rabbit out of an adjacent cage, and sat the two side by side. “What do you see?”
He saw delighted recognition cross their faces. A few of them chuckled. “The ears ...
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