Comments on: Zombie Dogs & Tomorrow’s Technology!

By: WALLWAGER

WALLWAGER — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:09:30 +0000

you are all sad this is not about a souls its about science
if we were looking at souls…it would be pointless
no one can prove or disprove them … and if your doing this scientificly then your screwed because science is in the box
souls are out of the box
and a as for is it right… thats not for any one to say.
personly i think that any advance in cryotechnology is amazing
but i dont think any one has the right to say thats good or bad
we as humans know nothing
the ONLY way forward is discovery…
AND ALL YOU PPL WHO DONT LIKE ANIMAL TESTING
ARE STUPID….

By: Josh Jasper

Josh Jasper — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:43:54 +0000

I think the Tibetans have a time frame for how long a soul waits in the Bardo Realms.

By: Q Grrl

Q Grrl — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:17:43 +0000

“Interesting moral quandry, eh? Be cruel to dogs now, probably save
human lives later. ”

I see no quandry. Our fear of dying seems to justify the mutilation and torture of animals. But meanwhile we sit comfortably in our armchairs and tally up dead Iraqis.

By: Jake Squid

Jake Squid — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:57:25 +0000

Dogs don’t have souls. Everybody knows that. People are different and special. (Yes, Virginia, that was sarcasm)

Actually, more than Reanimator, I was thinking about Return of the Living Dead and the split dog.

By: UnapologeticAtheist

UnapologeticAtheist — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:44:18 +0000

“This sure makes you wonder about the existence of the soul and what happens to it after death.” - Countess

Your Ladyship, what makes you wonder about the existance of the soul?
Seems to me this is pretty solid evidence that our bodies are little more than chemicals in various states. Unless we’re supposing dog-souls went to dog heaven for 3 minutes, then made the long trip back. Or perhaps the soul-journey to dog heaven is 90 seconds?

By: maggie

maggie — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:43:13 +0000

Forget Flatliners, this is straight out of ReAnimator! Get ready for a slew of sexual harassment claims against severed zombie heads.

By: jam

jam — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 12:23:24 +0000

Nancy L. wrote: Aside from jokes, I suspect that they can’t do a very complete job of checking on whether mental functions are undamaged.

how will telling the dogs jokes serve to check on their mental functions?

oh… wait.

never mind.

By: Nancy Lebovitz

Nancy Lebovitz — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:10:08 +0000

Aside from jokes, I suspect that they can’t do a very complete job of checking on whether mental functions are undamaged.

By: The Countess

The Countess — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 05:35:38 +0000

Brains!! Brains!!!

What exactly did the scientists bring back to life? Did the dog’s eyes glow red and attack the assistants? This sure makes you wonder about the existence of the soul and what happens to it after death.

All I can think of is King’s “Pet Sematary” and Poe’s “The Case of M. Valdemar”.

By: Josh Jasper

Josh Jasper — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:44:13 +0000

Interesting moral quandry, eh? Be cruel to dogs now, probably save human lives later.

By: michelle b.

michelle b. — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:52:50 +0000

God, that’s a cruel thing to do to dogs.

By: Josh Jasper

Josh Jasper — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:44:22 +0000

I look forward to advances in troll banning technology in the new site.

By: Kim (basement variety!)

Kim (basement variety!) — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:19:20 +0000

Yeah Mike, hopefully! Hur hur hur. Troll much?

By: other elena

other elena — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:49:53 +0000

Good article on this in last month’s Scientific American magazine.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:02:58 +0000

hopefully we can use to to help only liberals not republicans…LOL

By: mythago

mythago — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:29:12 +0000

“Upon waking do they crave human flesh and brains?”?

No, just brains.

By: Josh Jasper

Josh Jasper — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:24:42 +0000

Yay, advances in cryotechnology!

Of course, none of this means anything in terms of long term freezing, so I’m holding off on getting Alcor membership. But once a human can be reliably frozen and unfrozen, sign me up.