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MIT Certifies Biological Engineering Major

Posted by timothy on from the we-can-build-you dept.

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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  1. Course Number? by pgreeley · · Score: 0, Troll

    The real question is what course number will it be?

  2. Re:The motivation is religious. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Without the concept of a soul being in the embryo, how can one feel pity/sadness for something that is only comprised of energy and matter, a conglomeration thrown together through the randomness of evolution and chance?

    Without the concept of a soul, how can one feel pity/sadness for any organisms, including humans, that are only comprised of energy and matter, a conglomeration thrown together through the randomness of evolution and chance? After all--no matter how they're perceived by the particular organism--pain, anguish, cognition and the like are merely electrochemical processes.