Anyway, that should throw the anti-abortion crowd for a loop: "Oh no, he's cut his skin. He's killing babies!" After all, the usual argument is that if something can develop into a human then it should be considered to be a human even before it develops into a human.
That isn't entirely true. Most people who believe that abortion is wrong think that an embryo is already a human, not a potential human.
In any case, this technique can only be used to develop stem cells, not embryos from what I have read.
Wow! If this technique is researched further, it may not be necessary to use embryonic stems cells any more. This sounds good on many levels, and will probably make both sides of the argument happy.
I know TFA says that these cells cannot be transplanted into a patient, it is too dangerous. I wonder if improvements in the technique could lower these dangers to an acceptable level however...after all, embryonic stem cells are in the same boat as far as I know.
I wasn't trying to suggest that the USA are worse than Australia, the question was:
Who wants to live in Australia? Well, I do.
-I live in Australia
-I just read a story about censorship / freedom of speech
-despite this, I don't _FEEL_ particularly censored
-However, I have _READ_ stories about the US
-They are worse than Australia I only have the media to show me what the USA is like since I am unable to live or travel there myself. Since what we are referring to here are stories on Slashdot, then they are comparable. The original comment seemed to suggest that Australia has a very large amount of censorship. Well maybe we do, but I doubt it is any more so than in America.
Even so, I don't feel particularly censored living in Australia. The USA seems to be having issues with freedom of speech anyway (judging by a few past stories).
predict that the first post will have something to do with our new robotic overlords.... I think you may have just demonstrated the Schrödinger's Cat thingy.
Slashdot Mirror
That isn't entirely true. Most people who believe that abortion is wrong think that an embryo is already a human, not a potential human.
In any case, this technique can only be used to develop stem cells, not embryos from what I have read.
Wow! If this technique is researched further, it may not be necessary to use embryonic stems cells any more. This sounds good on many levels, and will probably make both sides of the argument happy.
I know TFA says that these cells cannot be transplanted into a patient, it is too dangerous. I wonder if improvements in the technique could lower these dangers to an acceptable level however...after all, embryonic stem cells are in the same boat as far as I know.
Who wants to live in Australia? Well, I do.
-I live in Australia
-I just read a story about censorship / freedom of speech
-despite this, I don't _FEEL_ particularly censored
-However, I have _READ_ stories about the US
-They are worse than Australia
I only have the media to show me what the USA is like since I am unable to live or travel there myself. Since what we are referring to here are stories on Slashdot, then they are comparable. The original comment seemed to suggest that Australia has a very large amount of censorship. Well maybe we do, but I doubt it is any more so than in America.
Even so, I don't feel particularly censored living in Australia. The USA seems to be having issues with freedom of speech anyway (judging by a few past stories).
What do they expect that the mirror will do once it is only subject to quantum effects? Will it explode? That would be cool.