The philosophy of pain?
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:57:15 -0800 (PST)
The Philosophy of Pain
Scientific ethics dealing with experimentation is dominated by the
need to minimize or avoiding inflicting pain on animals or humans.
The pain is conscious pain. Peter Asbhy has suggested in a new
scientist letter that the experience of pain requires a brain ? so
apparent suffering when ...
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Humane Execution?
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:51:16 GMT
There was an excellent Horizon last night, with Michael Portillo on a
quest to see if he can find a "humane" form of execution.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/tx/executions/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7183957.stm
I have no doubt that the vast majority of Humanists oppose ...
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Help a postgraduate student by participating in a study and get an
Amazon gift certificate
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:31:56 -0800 (PST)
Hello, my name is Bethany Heywood and I?m a postgraduate student at
the Institute of Cognition and Culture at Queen?s University Belfast.
I hope this post isn?t too off-topic or spam-like, but if anyone feels
it is, feel free to get rid of it. I?m currently running a study that
I think some of you might be intere ...
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Latest European figures show 3.2% increase in animal experimentation
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:12:32 -0800 (PST)
All members of uk.philosophy.humanism
Latest figures show Animal Testing is up overall by 3.2% to 12.1
million in 2005. This is despite European Commission and member
state?s individual promises to reduce and replace the use of animals
in experiments.
Some details for 2005:-
Dogs 22,000
Cats 3,600
Primates ...
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Poetry book ranks-24.Ponder Awhile by Mohit.K.Misra,187.The Sonnets
by William Shakespeare
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:45:32 -0800 (PST)
Poetry book ranks-24.Ponder Awhile by Mohit.K.Misra,187.The Sonnets by
William Shakespeare
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24Ponder Awhile
by Mohit K. Misra
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187The Sonnets
by William S ...
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Neural effects of marketing
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:30:09 -0800 (PST)
This article might be of interest:
From The Sunday TimesJanuary 13, 2008
High price makes wine taste betterJonathan Leake and Elizabeth Gibney
RESTAURANTS charging inflated prices for wine could be doing their
customers a favour. A study has found that people who pay more for a
product do enjoy it more.
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Broken bullshit detectors
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:47:53 -0800 (PST)
From the Telegraph:
Lies, damn lies and 'counterknowledge'
By Damian Thompson
Outright fiction is being peddled as historical and scientific fact,
warns Damian Thompson in an extract from his provocative new book
George Bush planned the September 11 attacks. The MMR injection
triggers autism in childre ...
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Breast Cancer Statistics ? How Breast Cancer Survival Rates Increased 50％
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:41:21 -0800 (PST)
Breast cancer statistics show that over 1.2 million persons will be
diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide this year, according to the
World Health Organization. For breast cancer and prevention, it has
long been known that regular physical activity has been shown to
decrease the likelihood of having breast cancer ...
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Have an average day? (Perhaps a little corny?)
Wed, 9 Jan 2008 15:21:06 -0800 (PST)
Have an Average Day
http://www.utne.com/print-article.aspx?id=13670
by Michael Neill, from Catalyst
I once was talking to my friend and mentor Steve Chandler when he said
to me, ?Have an average day!? Taken aback, I asked him what he meant.
Isn?t the idea to have great days, even exceptional ones?
He tol ...
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Rank129.Ponder Awhile by Mohit.K.Misra,140.As Valkirias (Portuguese)
by Paulo Coelho
Tue, 8 Jan 2008 23:20:48 -0800 (PST)
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129..Ponder Awhile-Mohit.K.Misra
140.As Valkirias (Portuguese) by Paulo Coelho
200.The Beauty of Life by Kahlil Gibran, Dean Walley (Compiler), Fred
Klemushin (Illustrator)
129. Ponder Awhile
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