Viruses Escaping From Labs

[jrkhnds]

had some whisjety and xanax last night as well in an attempt to kill it but woke up feeling 400% worse

now that's a surprise.

[test_recordings]

No oversight on science is a fucking disaster, as is letting scientists do whatever the fuck they want with no checks...

[cyclopian]

^lol yeah fuk science imo

[rickyarbino]

No oversight on science is a fucking disaster, as is letting scientists do whatever the fuck they want with no checks...

Nah, depends on the field imo.
Cosmologists. Ban.
Chemists. Ban.
Medics. Ban.
Physicists. Big up.
Biologists. Big up.

[test_recordings]

Yeah fair enough. They still have to justify what they're doing though, public funds or not. Open access should be a decent way to make it more accessible, the public have a right to know what they're paying for...

[rickyarbino]

Hmm, dunno about that.
It kind of leads to things like the modern pharmaceutical industry where countless amounts of quality science are thrown away because they don't fulfill the outset plan.
It's kind of like being a musician. Wouldn't make a good single/ep/album if they had to make everything public as it was in progress.

[nowaysj]

Ebola outbreak in Guinea.

Swine flu outbreaks being hushed up by the government in European countries.

This.

7 African countries, including Morocco are experiencing cases, and I understand a couple unspecified hemorrhagic cases in north america, one a doctor or the spouse of a doctor that flew to Canada from an effected area.

[AxeD]

lol fair enough

i just find it strange

seems like a form of entrapment almost

Maybe your dedication to april fools is above average.

[Genevieve]

The only virus I can see escaping from #lads is herpes.

[rickyarbino]

Not HIV?

[m8son666]

y ban chemists?

[rickyarbino]

y ban chemists?

You man are dangerous. Not a single trust for you.

[m8son666]

if we didn't have chemists we wouldn't have anything

[ezza]

Yeah fair enough. They still have to justify what they're doing though, public funds or not. Open access should be a decent way to make it more accessible, the public have a right to know what they're paying for...

yeah but the public are retards and would just moan about shit cus the big words look scary

my dads best mate is a chemist and he said the main thing fucking up progression in those areas are idiots with no understanding of anything gettin up in arms over shit they have no clue about

(hippies)

[ezza]

lol fair enough

i just find it strange

seems like a form of entrapment almost

Maybe your dedication to april fools is above average.

lol im only joking

of course the law doesnt change...

april fools!

[ezza]

double wopps

[m8son666]

my dads best mate is a chemist and he said the main thing fucking up progression in those areas are idiots with no understanding of anything gettin up in arms over shit they have no clue about

(hippies)

100% exactly this

Ignorance and 'ethics' are the things standing in the way of cures for diseases, effective power sources, feeding the world and pretty much everything else.

[ezza]

it's ironic really

[RKM]

my dads best mate is a chemist and he said the main thing fucking up progression in those areas are idiots with no understanding of anything gettin up in arms over shit they have no clue about

(hippies)

100% exactly this

Ignorance and 'ethics' are the things standing in the way of cures for diseases, effective power sources, feeding the world and pretty much everything else.

calm down dr mengele

[Genevieve]

Yeah fair enough. They still have to justify what they're doing though, public funds or not. Open access should be a decent way to make it more accessible, the public have a right to know what they're paying for...

yeah but the public are retards and would just moan about shit cus the big words look scary

my dads best mate is a chemist and he said the main thing fucking up progression in those areas are idiots with no understanding of anything gettin up in arms over shit they have no clue about

(hippies)

Yeah, I agree. This is why I never worry about outbreaks like these. They are possible, but likely?

A fear of scientific progress is almost innate in humanity. It's why the story about Frankenstein is so influential and why Jurassic Park was a hit. People are afraid of the unknown and science is the unknown for most people. So when they see scientific results (such as goats producing spider webbing proteins in their milk) without understanding any of the steps that were taken from A to B, they freak out.

Apparently to most people, scientists are clever enough to change the progress of technology, but too dumb to understand that letting a genetically engineered firebreating dragon loose in a populated city is a bad idea.