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Comment on Curious – Mind Brain Machine: Unethical Neuroscience by B. Kyle

B. Kyle — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:52:45 +0000

The “Curious – Mind Brain Machine” was indeed unethical Neuroscience. We can all be more than a little bit saddened by this horrific example of academic irresponsibility practiced by Caltech researchers.

Steven Quartz, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Caltech, was academic advisor for this so-called “research”. The irresponsible miscreants under his tutelage were his two doctoral students:

- Ming Hsu (Post Doctoral Researcher at CalTech)
- Cedric Anen (Ph.D. Student at CalTech)

The Canaan Children’s Home in Uganda, Africa was the orphanage where the pair took food away from orphans.

The following quote from Ming Hsu is absolutely unbelievable:

“We had a thought. What’s the worst thing we could make people do? What is the hardest moral decision? And we kinda came up with taking food from a child. And then we thought, well ok what’s next? Taking food from a child in an orphanage.”

Note: Ming Hsu’s quotes were a bit difficult to transcribe not only due to his lack of ethics but also his complete disregard for humanity. The whole time he was saying this, Ming Hsu was snickering and giggling almost uncontrollably — on camera.

The idea of starving these brainless Neuroscience graduate students and their numskull academic adviser (Steven Quartz) is a great idea. No one is beyond redemption, but for them the road will probably be by way of hunger which would teach them a lesson or two about academic ethics and responsibility.

Bottom line: There are plenty of other ways to study “moral decision making” without exploiting the conditions of starving children. And no. A donation to an orphanage does not make up for irresponsibility.

Comment on Calendar of Events by henrick

henrick — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:48:36 +0000

I do not know what the big deal is... You can easily take your own blood pressure from the convenience and privacy of your home. And there are no charges beyond the initial cost of the unit. And you can find blood pressure monitors on the internet very cheap. With the high cost of gas and extra charges by health care organizations (to take your blood pressure), it makes perfect sense to buy your own blood pressure monitor and save a lot of time and money. Home-based blood pressure monitoring is the approach recommended to me by my doctor. And now I have my blood pressure under control! Compare prices on blood pressure monitors now.

Comment on Better support for emotional wellbeing in schools – 25 pilot areas announced by iamnotkevin

iamnotkevin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:24:22 +0000

That is really sick Mr. Kevin. Why are you targeting mental health patients. This is almost as sick as delicious bunny soup!

Comment on Construction set to begin on Clarksville Goodwill store by iamnotkevin

iamnotkevin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:48:07 +0000

Good for Goodwill a fine organization. I prefer donating old clothes and furniture to Goodwill or even St. Vincent De Paul.

I will be trying to stay away from the Salvation Army. I have my reasons!

Comment on Methods of contraception by henrick

henrick — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:02:50 +0000

The contraceptive coil is not a new idea. I am pretty sure it was popular in the 60s or 70s. But it fell out of favor with the rise of the pill and potential health concerns from a foreign object lodged where it did not belong. In this case the contraceptive pill seems safer… But maybe the pill is not affordable for some people.

Comment on Schools limit Web access by henrick

henrick — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:00:01 +0000

Perhaps this is why an underground market has emerged for proxy services and proxy servers. Schoold children will not be denied their access to the internet. Even when they should be studying. What is troubling is that if you visit a public library in the US with internet access, you will notice that many of the school-age patrons are indeed frantically using the internet. Often times to surf social networking sites or to play online games. Using the internet for online research or homework help is secondary. Go to the library and see for yourself.

Comment on Happy thoughts can lower blood pressure by henrick

henrick — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:56:30 +0000

The mind and the body are connected. Doctors and their drug companies often times lose sight of this when they are so quick to prescribe drugs for everything.

Comment on NSW hospitals to knock back ‘mildly ill’ patients by henrick

henrick — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:21:29 +0000

Is medical triage really necessary in the New South Wales? We have not seen any news reports that this place is a war zone or victim of natural disaster. What is the point of a hospital if bored people can not fake illness so they have somewhere to go or someone to talk to? Seriously, maybe this is all about the money. But if this were in the US, then these hospitals would be opening themselves up to lawsuits.

Here is the scenario: Someone goes into the hospital with a minor ailment. The hospital turns them away. The minor ailment quickly turns into a medical emergency. The person dies on the way back home after being discouraged from seeking medical help.

Well there you have it… Recipe for an instant medical lawsuit.

Comment on Hand Gels Alone May Not Curb Infections by henrick

henrick — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:13:47 +0000

Here is the hygiene tip for the day: Wash your hands you nasty, lazy health professional!

Comment on South Carolina Done; Clinton, Romney Take Nevada by anonymouse

anonymouse — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:46:47 +0000

Zero media experience from all those years of being sheltered from the press, I guess. But who can blame the Clintons for wanting their daughter to have some semblance of a childhood or life as a private citizen.