
Descartes' Baby
Why is a forgery worth so much less than an original work of art?What''s so funny about someone slipping on a banana peel? Why, as Freud once asked, is a man willing to kiss a woman passionately, but not use her toothbrush? And how many times should you baptize a two-headed twin? Descartes'' Baby answers such questions, questions we may have never thought to ask about such uniquely human traits as...
Why is a forgery worth so much less than an original work of art?What''s so funny about someone slipping on a banana peel? Why, as Freud once asked, is a man willing to kiss a woman passionately, but not use her toothbrush? And how many times should you baptize a two-headed twin? Descartes'' Baby answers such questions, questions we may have never thought to ask about such uniquely human traits as...