Tweets for Yesterday

• 17:50 Via lj::shatterstripes, some killer Youtube plunderphonics (mashup music tracks): "Kutiman mixes YouTube". thru-you.com/#/videos/ #
• 18:55 I got a 74% on the Barnum Test! tinyurl.com/avez9o :P #
• 22:44 You watch Bones, @toya121? That's one of my favorite shows! (But nothing will replace the original Dragnet in my heart. ^_^) #
• 23:00 @kirabug Of course, I'm fairly sure *my* score, at least, is distorted by knowing the algorithm... #
• 23:29 @kirabug Wise of you. :) #

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Writer's Block: Big Debates

Do you think stem cell research is good, bad, or dangerous? Should it be funded by the government? Submitted By srkfanatic15 View other answers

Stem cell research is a highly promising field, and no more 'dangerous' than carbon nanotube research. Further, the chief objection to it - that embryonic stem cells cannot be acquired morally - is baseless: the blastocyst is a barely differentiated bundle of cells, lacking even sensory organs, much less intellectual capacity.* There is no legitimate reason for this research not to be funded by governments.

* Certain religious Christians may object to my argument in this line, on the grounds that the blastocyst - undeveloped as it may be - nevertheless has a soul. I refer them to bradhicks Christians in the Hands of an Angry God series, which, in Part 4, demolishes the claim that the Bible puts the beginning of life at conception.