MIT Certifies Biological Engineering Major

chrisd writes "In same week that Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney reitereates his opposition to stem cell research, MIT has certified its first new major in 29 years, Biological Engineering. The boston globe has a solid writeup about the biotech major."

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Re:Rat-rights people just as bad.

[P3NIS_CLEAVER]

we'd do better to ignore the religious types who won't have any part in the future anyway

nice plan, except that these 'religious types' are running our country and control much of the funding for research.

Re:Rat-rights people just as bad.

[mboverload]

But our country is being run into the ground. Currently we are entering a small "dark ages." However, history has shown humanity cycles from reason to religion so there is no reason to believe in a century or so we will be back at the top.

Even better, thanks to the new-found storage abilities no knowledge we be lost. Just for the hell of it I am arching important papers and "inventions" I find on the internet. This was mostly just to keep cool stuff I found within easy reach but it has taken on a new meaning.

However, a generation of bright-mind individuals with be wasted.

I try to go the other way

[Eunuch]

Whatever thoughts I may have I try to put somewhere on the internet. Alt.alt or alt.geek on usenet is what I've been doing. A personal archive may get destroyed but google may save the alt.geek group for a long time.

Re:Embryos and Life and Fertility Clinics

[Concern Is A Faggot]

First, let me say that I don't want to make any assumptions about you. I respect you, I respect that you are discussing this hot topic so civilly, and more than that I would not think any less or more of your views regardless of whether they come from your religious authority or you come to them on your own.

Oh?

It must be hard for older hardcore conservatives, knowing they lost on mysogyny and racism, that the Goldwater years are over now... I always pitied them that tough adjustment. They still know in their hearts that a Strom Thurmond presidency would have made our country better, but now all they get to beat on affirmative action and maybe some "straw women." Price of taking orders, I guess; when Karl Rove says shut up and pretend to hate racism, you shut up, don't you.

--Concern

I say that each sperm is a life that could have been. That should have been.

If it upsets you that much, post your address and we'll be glad to mail you a hankie - a nice pink one to go with your politics!

In the meantime, I demand that you stop masturbating, on pain of prison or death. Prison or death is our punishment for murderers.

Damn! Talk about making a stick for your own back!

Re:Rat-rights people just as bad.

[peamasii]

"these 'religious types' are running our country"

Yeah, and the majority of people appears to support their bigoted, unscientific, regressive views.