Science: Foundations and Pineapples

There is a type of psychological test by word associations, in which an examiner calls a work and the examinee answers with the first word that comes into his head. The chances are that if an average person were given such a test today and the word "Rockefeller" shot at him, he would reply either "rich" or "oil." But if the same thing were done a century hence, it is a good guess that the average person would answer "Rockefeller" with the word "foundation." Sic transit gloria pecuniac. So endure the benefits of...

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