I am currently compiling a list, as I mentioned in an earlier post... I am hoping to be finished tomorrow... the arguments are definitely existent... It is just a matter of deciphering the mumbo-jumbo that these scientist type's expect normal people to understand. I am currently in the process of trying to do that...
you can just copy and paste them in for me, i can understand most of it.
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im pretty sure we are centuries away from using stem cells to 'enhance' the human body. they are being used for treating diseases such as graft vs. host and ALS as well as for brain and spinal cord damage.
and its not the destroying of embryos that is causing all the pro-lifers (aka idiots) to cry, its the destroying of a blastocyte, a ball of cells. lame.
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This is all pointless without a single argument of what's so bad about the stemcells, exactly.
thats what im pointing out, he keeps saying there are these 'negative' consequences, but has yet to present one.
Nono, i meant literally the risk factor of doing the research (as in the ridiculous controversy around the atom smasher, remember?), not the consequence of what that knowledge might be used for.
the conservative and the religious throwing a riot? whats to fear?
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most nations have more pressing issues at the moment that to blow millions on scr. which still has many leaps to go before it can be widely accepted as safe and ethical. currently certain stem cells tested in lab rats have something like a 50% rate of turning cancerous.
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Exactly my thoughts.... I think we need to calculate this risk factor (consequences) to the best of our abilities, before we proceed with this research. Right now I do not think that they have done this properly.....
That being said, ironically I now believe that we are going to have to proceed with phase 1 (world wide unison) on SCH (stem cell research) or most of the world anyway, to properly analyze and predict these risks. This may even require that scientific research begins.... but does only that. I think we should only do enough research, until we are at the point when we can come to these conclusions, and if it is indeed thought too be to dangerous, they shall shift their efforts away from research and to regulation, rather than to more research... Because we know that people are not going to stop experimenting, it would definitely help us dramatically if some barriers, and enforcement policies, for violations of the regulatory system were set in place, that the entire world was made to agree upon.
man what a confusing read. the i and we switches to they and their...but anyway,
there's no way to enforce any international law.
but why does that matter? scr wont make superhumans.
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well it should be stated that these cells have no human qualities yet. which makes that argument the most pathetic because its operating under false premises.
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Mm, yeah. I'm a political science major and I hate politics. I now have more faith in the bureaucracy and dream of becoming a city worker.
Stem cell research is such a political issue though. It's like the 21st century abortion.
its a religious issue, i see no negative ramifications from developing uses for undifferentiated cells. sure it may inevitably lead to cloning, but its for the greater good.
i have no idea why religion was affecting government...
and about damn time!
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"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
and its not the destroying of embryos that is causing all the pro-lifers (aka idiots) to cry, its the destroying of a blastocyte, a ball of cells. lame.
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
the conservative and the religious throwing a riot? whats to fear?
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
most nations have more pressing issues at the moment that to blow millions on scr. which still has many leaps to go before it can be widely accepted as safe and ethical. currently certain stem cells tested in lab rats have something like a 50% rate of turning cancerous.
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
it wouldnt even matter, only a toddlers handful of nations have the ability to do intesive research anyways.
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
there's no way to enforce any international law.
but why does that matter? scr wont make superhumans.
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
well it should be stated that these cells have no human qualities yet. which makes that argument the most pathetic because its operating under false premises.
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
i have no idea why religion was affecting government...
and about damn time!
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."