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Scientists Restore Walking After Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord damage blocks the routes that the brain uses to send messages to the nerve cells that control walking. Until now, doctors believed that the only way for injured patients to walk again was to re-grow the long nerve highways that link the brain and base of the spinal cord. For the first time, a UCLA study shows that the central nervous system can reorganize itself and follow new pathways to restore the cellular communication required for movement. The lead researcher said, "This pessimistic view [that severe injury to the spinal cord means permanent paralysis] has changed over my lifetime, and our findings add to a growing body of research showing that the nervous system can reorganize after injury."
That's right, it's his view. That is, it's an opinion. Nothing he says is "fact", nor is it backed up by fact, or even a convincing argument. Why does he get +5 insightful? Do I get +5 insightful in a Linux thread for saying something like:
"Linux is the absolute best operating system. It's open source, making it super awesome. Bill Gates doesn't own it, so it's even more awesome. I know a large number of geeks and am fond of many of them, and they all like Linux, therefore it cannot be anything but the absolute bestest operating system evar. I want evil corporations to keep their money grubbing hands off Linux!"
No, I do not get +5 insightful... because that is an opinion. There are no "facts" per se, and I really give nothing to back it up, except for a superficially convincing collection of personal anecdotes, which actually add nothing to the discussion at all.
He didn't add anything to any abortion argument that has ever taken place in the history of the universe, except possibly some arguments in the Bible Belt. Please mod him, and me, -1 offtopic. The end.
FWIW, you're right, the government should keep their hands off a woman's body. That's my opinion.