May I congratulate you on the editorial cartoon in the June 28 paper? This cartoon was a stroke of genius. I wonder how many readers picked up on the great similarity between this and one of the first scenes from the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey?"

The difference between us and our understanding of present day technology is as great as the vast gulf between the ape throwing the bone into the air and the rocket it became would have been to the apes of that time. In fact, much of our behavior and understanding is in line with that of the ape's.

John W. Taylor
Greensboro