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[limr11]

"Animals shouldn’t be used for medical experiments. Although they aren’t real people, it’s morrally wrong."

 

[pgriz]

An interesting study would be to see how people get into positions of authority, in which the people they are supposed to be instructing are actually much more competent than they are. And yet it happens over and over again. When I was in the high-tech field, we had Dilbert-like bosses all over the place and the usual wonderment was how did these characters get to where they got?

 

[limr11]

"Even if it has brought positive and negative effects to our lives it shows that either way it has been bad."

 

[pgriz]

The rationale for using animals for test subjects is that they aren't people, as defined "sentient, self-aware entities". Now that we're learning to ask the right questions and see past our human-oriented prejudices (or world-view), that is increasingly hard to justify.

 

[Gary A.]

Man I get up and there are nine new pages. WTF ... we need to unionize in order to stop these unfair management practices.

 

[limr11]

An interesting study would be to see how people get into positions of authority, in which the people they are supposed to be instructing are actually much more competent than they are. And yet it happens over and over again. When I was in the high-tech field, we had Dilbert-like bosses all over the place and the usual wonderment was how did these characters get to where they got?

I know a woman who was a second-grade teacher and denied tenure TWICE by two different school districts. She's now an assistant superintendent

 

[pgriz]

Uh, oh. I think Leonore has an autobot or script that is loading up the post count...

 

[Gary A.]

Bonjour y'all.

 

[limr11]

The rationale for using animals for test subjects is that they aren't people, as defined "sentient, self-aware entities". Now that we're learning to ask the right questions and see past our human-oriented prejudices (or world-view), that is increasingly hard to justify.

Oh, I agree! I just thought it was funny to express that as 'they aren't real people."

 

[limr11]

Uh, oh. I think Leonore has an autobot or script that is loading up the post count...

Don't I wish?? Instead, they are just quotes from past student essays.

 

[mmaria]

wow!

haven't been here for a few days and what I see!?

more than 2 500 posts here!


you're all just c r a zy!!!!!

Ah, Marija, it is what simple minds to to amuse themselves. However in this case all participating are actually reasonably complete in the intelligence department, but for unfathomable reasons decide to act as if they are of simple minds. Eh. In some ways, it's like watching the inner neural messaging of a brain, with little bits of kinda related, kinda random bits of stimulation zigging here and there... Except that in this case, we have several brains dumping their kinda spastic-looking semi-conscious thought-streaming onto the world-wide internet for the rest of us to examine. On the other hand, it's interesting. We're seeing quite a bit of photography here (and there - seems to pop up in spurts), and some to the posts veer into kinda-profound territory, and there are more than a few chuckles. Who knows? maybe this is actually a social experiment that we're all unwitting participants in?

well.... I think this is the best thread

 

[pgriz]

An interesting study would be to see how people get into positions of authority, in which the people they are supposed to be instructing are actually much more competent than they are. And yet it happens over and over again. When I was in the high-tech field, we had Dilbert-like bosses all over the place and the usual wonderment was how did these characters get to where they got?

I know a woman who was a second-grade teacher and denied tenure TWICE by two different school districts. She's now an assistant superintendent

And don't you want to know how that is possible?

 

[limr11]

"Not many people go by this trend, but I see it in most people."

 

[limr11]

"In reality, no one is naturally six feet tall."

 

[sm4him]

Here's another one that drives me crazy; the misuse of quotation marks.

Taken with a crappy cell phone camera: