Animal models were great when we didn't realize how the heart worked or what the liver did. They are pretty much worthless nowadays for anything other than producing grants that suck money from worthwhile endeavors into "ooh, look what cool stuff we did now!" pursuits. BTW, I expect to be sleeping for a long while.
Dude, this totally rocks! I was just starting to think that it would never be released. Now I just gotta find that check to "Babbages" that my mom made out so I could buy the game. Thanks so much, 3DRealms!
Actually, it's not so much about animal rights as it is about bad science. I've read a couple interesting books ("Sacred Cows and Golden Geese" and "Specious Science") that detail just how much of a waste animal testing is. Animals are NOT good models of human diseases. The results gained from testing on them is often misleading, either delaying otherwise promising treatments or, even worse, letting harmful treatments get through to clinical trials. The inhumane treatment that many of these animals go through is just salt in the wound.
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Animal models were great when we didn't realize how the heart worked or what the liver did. They are pretty much worthless nowadays for anything other than producing grants that suck money from worthwhile endeavors into "ooh, look what cool stuff we did now!" pursuits. BTW, I expect to be sleeping for a long while.
Dude, this totally rocks! I was just starting to think that it would never be released. Now I just gotta find that check to "Babbages" that my mom made out so I could buy the game. Thanks so much, 3DRealms!
Actually, it's not so much about animal rights as it is about bad science. I've read a couple interesting books ("Sacred Cows and Golden Geese" and "Specious Science") that detail just how much of a waste animal testing is. Animals are NOT good models of human diseases. The results gained from testing on them is often misleading, either delaying otherwise promising treatments or, even worse, letting harmful treatments get through to clinical trials. The inhumane treatment that many of these animals go through is just salt in the wound.
I like this idea as long as you could play Third Life on a computer within Second Life.
This reminds me a lot of Farenheit 451 with the TV's on every wall in the living room. Scary thought...