Well that’s creepy! I wish I hadn’t seen this before going to bed…

  • @x4740N
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    1 year ago

    If those things have any sort of self awareness then creation of them is against my ethics

    Science should never make self aware living organisms

    Edit: I’m not vegan either just to add context, I eat meat

    • @zeppo
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      101 year ago

      Given that they breed rats by the thousands for experiments, kinda too late for that.

      • @x4740N
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        Well those are rats that have a natural origin or ancestry

        Whatever these things are are created artificially as far as I’m aware

        • @zeppo
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          01 year ago

          In any event the article says

          these stem cells are coaxed to grow into blobs of brain tissue, without anything resembling thoughts, emotions, or consciousness.

    • @anewbeginning
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      1 year ago

      It’s a little blob of brain tissue. Consciousness requires a great deal more.

    • Sloan the Serval
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      They’re very small clusters of brain cells. They’re capable of very baseline functioning but that’s it, there’s not enough for self-awareness.

    • @SPRUNT
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      01 year ago

      And why should YOUR ethics be the constraint science must follow?

    • @Dkarma
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      You people are insufferable. No one gives a shit about your ethics over something that literally doesn’t exist.

      It’s shameful that you think you should have control over other things people create. Shame on you. Mind your business. This has literally nothing to do with you.