Misanthropic Quotes
“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated
our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if
they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the devil in
human form. ”-William Ralph Inge
“Man is an almost hopelessly conceited animal, this pygmy! He thinks
that not only the earth with all that it contains was created for his
benefit, but also the sky, the sun, and indeed, the whole universe, as
far as he has any knowledge of it, were designed for his purposes and
welfare.”- Ernest Bell
“I am ashamed of the race of beings to which I belong. It is so cruel
and bigoted, so hypocritical, so soulless and insane. I would rather be
an insect … a bee or a butterfly … and float in dim dreams among the
wild-flowers of summer than be a man and feel the horrible and ghastly
wrongs and sufferings of this wretched world.” – Professor J. Howard
Moore
Positive Quotes
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make
you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride
that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe
it to be a beautiful place.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is
based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty,
but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.
What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our
lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do
something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so
many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy
to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a
world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some
grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents,
and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of
all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
- Howard Zinn
Monday, April 29, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill 2010
The cover up: link
It's sad to think what all that toxic waste has done to the poor animals in the ocean - not just from a human perspective, but from their perspective.
It's sad to think what all that toxic waste has done to the poor animals in the ocean - not just from a human perspective, but from their perspective.
Anti-biotic resistant bacteria in meat
link - We've known about it long enough. When are we going to look this problem in the face and take action. The best action is to stop eating meat!
Drug development - pieces of the puzzle
1) Drug development: Raise standards for preclinical cancer research
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7391/full/483531a.html2) Must try harder
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7391/full/483509a.html
It seems scientists are admitting that a lot of basic research on animals (preclinical studies) does not lead to benefits in clinical trials on humans (especially for cancer). Many causes are suggested, lack of reproducibility, bad stats, publication bias, etc. Only a few comments were made about the appropriateness of animal models.
From 1 above:
"Certainly, the limitations of preclinical tools such as inadequate cancer-cell-line and mouse models" (original source: & Nature Biotechnol. 28, 561–562 (2010)). Note that animals are labelled as tools.
A commentator said: "The claims presented here are pretty outlandish. Particularly relevant to "Hematology and Oncology" we now know that mice housed under different conditions with different microflora can have vastly different outcomes in any model, not just cancer."
Friday, April 12, 2013
Friday, April 05, 2013
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
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