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Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

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Re: Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

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Post by importantbrian »

jbluepolarbear wrote: post #13
toomuchtodo wrote: post #5

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https://www.nfl.com/news/op-ed-flag-football-can-t-be-ignore... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39081597

Sorry, no one is gonna prefer to watch flag football over full contact tackling. This is an absurd article. And the fact that the Olympics are holding a flag football event is a joke.

Really, no one? Flag participation is already higher for 6 to 12-year-olds than tackle. Lots of girls participate in flag. I suspect they'll be interested in watching the sport they grew up playing. It might never be more popular than tackle, but to say no one will prefer watching it is silly.

Re: Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

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Post by humansareok1 »

teachrdan wrote: post #88
humansareok1 wrote: post #83

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I'd sacrifice a billion mice to save my child, so would any parent. You sad incels have no love in your life and its painfully evident.

What if I would sacrifice a billion human lives to save my child? That's hardly the basis by which to decide which lives are valuable and which are valueless.

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Post by fallowx »

amenhotep wrote: post #43
Zambyte wrote: post #41

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> Because we humans are more important than them. This seems to be self evident to you. Can you explain why this is true?

Can you explain why it's not? Are you seriously proposing that if you were in a trolley problem choosing between saving the life of a random human you know nothing about and a random mouse you know nothing about, you would have difficulty making the decision?

If the trolley problem involved 1 human and like 50 cats I'd probably save the cats.

Not to say animals are more important than humans but I imagine for most people it'd depend on the scale. Same reason most people are uncomfortable with the suffering of millions of animals for the sake of cosmetics.

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Post by fallowx »

corethree wrote: post #70
Zambyte wrote: post #41

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> Because we humans are more important than them. This seems to be self evident to you. Can you explain why this is true?

Because I enjoy eating the flesh of slaughtered animals. Whenever I do so I feel nothing but absolute pleasure of the taste of cooked flesh. I feel zero guilt. And so does the majority of the human race. If I were to do the same to a human that would be a big problem. Why is it like this? I don't know but that's just the way it is. Don't try to rationalize it, it's not supposed to be rational. Our evolutionary quirks…

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Re: Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions

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Post by fallowx »

corethree wrote: post #73
Codesleuth wrote: post #11

> A 54-g metal (tungsten) bolt was used to deliver an impact to the dorsal aspect of the skull, resulting in a rotational acceleration of the head through the Kimwipe. Mice underwent seven repetitive less-than-mild injuries (rlmTBI, 24-inch height; W/5 mm flat) OR repetitive mild injuries (rmTBI, 36-inch height; W/5 mm flat) in 9 days. This seems very cruel, even in the face of progress. The price that animals pay fo…

Not as cruel as animal slaughter. Imagine the horror of being sliced into flesh cubes for consumption. Compared to that this is tame.

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Post by doktrin »

doublerabbit wrote: post #45
amenhotep wrote: post #43

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Can you explain why it's not? Are you seriously proposing that if you were in a trolley problem choosing between saving the life of a random human you know nothing about and a random mouse you know nothing about, you would have difficulty making the decision?

Why not? Because without animals you wouldn't be here today. We're only here today because animals have given us the resources to survive. From cavemen hunting for meat to bees, insects pollinating plants. The only resource we can provide is limited breast milk, sperm and meat. But human meat is deemed socially unacceptable, sperm only exists within biological males and the biological women has a limited timespan in…

It's weird how the unironic use of “QED” in internet debates almost guarantees it's being applied to the most undeserving and undemonstrated of arguments.

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Post by liamN »

niemandhier wrote: post #16
Codesleuth wrote: post #11

> A 54-g metal (tungsten) bolt was used to deliver an impact to the dorsal aspect of the skull, resulting in a rotational acceleration of the head through the Kimwipe. Mice underwent seven repetitive less-than-mild injuries (rlmTBI, 24-inch height; W/5 mm flat) OR repetitive mild injuries (rmTBI, 36-inch height; W/5 mm flat) in 9 days. This seems very cruel, even in the face of progress. The price that animals pay fo…

Science does not hide the suffering it causes, unlike, for example, food production or pest control. Hence, people often react with shock when confronted with the reality of animal experiments needed for medical progress.

Being open about it doesnt make it right.
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