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'Scientists with the Robot Engineering Technology Research Center of east China's Shandong University of Science and Technology say they implanted micro electrodes in the brain of a pigeon so they can command it to fly right or left or up or down.'
What. The Fuck.
Also, I'm getting more and more outraged at the people trying to force sixth-grade girls to get the HPV vaccine, in the name of "equal availability." Forcing doctors to give it to anyone who comes in, regardless of insurance, once it has been fully tested, is perfectly acceptable, but making it mandatory? That's over the line, and everyone should be able to see why it's over the line.
The drug has not been fully tested. It's only been on the market for a few months. There are issues of privacy invasion (on certain readings of the Constitution; I know not everyone agrees on the right to privacy, but I do not believe that the Framers would have forseen wiretapping, video surveilance, and laser listening devices; privacy, to them, was a given, aside from the local gossips, who were not, on the whole a legal issue). And the issues of forced parenting tactics. All of this adds up to the government trying to force people to do something potentially unsafe to themselves, in a potentially illegal way. Strage days, people...
.... I totally forgot that I didn't post this yet. Think of it as having been posted half an hour ago.
What. The Fuck.
Also, I'm getting more and more outraged at the people trying to force sixth-grade girls to get the HPV vaccine, in the name of "equal availability." Forcing doctors to give it to anyone who comes in, regardless of insurance, once it has been fully tested, is perfectly acceptable, but making it mandatory? That's over the line, and everyone should be able to see why it's over the line.
The drug has not been fully tested. It's only been on the market for a few months. There are issues of privacy invasion (on certain readings of the Constitution; I know not everyone agrees on the right to privacy, but I do not believe that the Framers would have forseen wiretapping, video surveilance, and laser listening devices; privacy, to them, was a given, aside from the local gossips, who were not, on the whole a legal issue). And the issues of forced parenting tactics. All of this adds up to the government trying to force people to do something potentially unsafe to themselves, in a potentially illegal way. Strage days, people...
.... I totally forgot that I didn't post this yet. Think of it as having been posted half an hour ago.
