Last night I was reading this interesting article in MotherJones about the fight over a patent on the human/animal chimera in order to stop it from being produced. Wouldn't that be shocking to see an ape with human characteristics walking down the road one day? Apparently all it takes is the injection of stem cells and you have a half animal human chimera. One of... Read More
Yeah, it does mention some of the moral and legal aspects in the article too. It's really an interesting conundrum; how do you measure when something is or isn't human if it has certain human attributes?
Being a bit jaded, myself, I would fear, in a case like that, all the wrong people would be afforded to ability to decide when "something" is a "someone" and when it's not. Technically, there aren't too many things that seperate us from some other life forms, right? What does "human" really mean? I mean besides what we find in Webster's...
Last night I was reading this interesting article in MotherJones about the fight over a patent on the human/animal chimera in order to stop it from being produced. Wouldn't that be shocking to see an ape with human characteristics walking down the road one day? Apparently all it takes is the injection of stem cells and you have a half animal human chimera. One of... Read More
Today is the infamous Laundry Day! So I'll pretty much be doing that most of the day. I'm also going to go running at the park because it's like mid-50s outside. That's great for winter and I don't want to pass it up.
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. An amazing film... I'll try not to be too criticial of the ending, but I thought it had one too many. Definately worth seeing though.
I did find out something today that I have been thinking about for a while. I need a new bladder. I think when my body was forming in the womb it... Read More
I am going to see Lord of the Rings: Return of the King today in Annapolis. I have been looking forward to it for a while now and I have the day off work....
I'll let you know what I think of it when I get back.
I refuse to see any of the movies until I read the books. I'm slowly working my way through The Hobbit. So as you can see, I'm not even close. Have fun!
I am going to see Lord of the Rings: Return of the King today in Annapolis. I have been looking forward to it for a while now and I have the day off work....
I'll let you know what I think of it when I get back.
What's new? Well I'm off work and the beer is flowing like a beautiful golden river. I have a nice night to spend how I please and that's just what I'm going to do. Listen to my favorite radio shows and relax. I'm good at that.
have three days off from work which in itself is reason to celebrate. However, I also have plentiful amounts of beer available for my consumtion. When you add these two facts together you get a very happy person.
I have three days off from work which in itself is reason to celebrate. However, I also have plentiful amounts of beer available for my comsumtion. When you add these two facts together you get a very happy person.
hope you got that coffee....hummm I think I'll make some coffee now