"Chemicals are bad, " I told my family, and proceeded to use something called the Fertility Awareness Method, which basically involves wishful thinking and a temperature chart.

CNN: What 'The Pill' did

Maybe the Superintendent has some awareness in terms of how statewide Iowa is thinking about this.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Such self-awareness would represent a step towards the ultimate goal of thinking robots.

BBC: Robot learns to recognise itself in mirror