kristofer d. dale

Damn, if only I hadn't been born human... ;^]

Actually, I take great comfort in my motality these days. Noticed a
Peter Singer contributed, although I don't think he is the same one
reviwed here:
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7318/940

Given the current state of deterioration in world affairs, I suspect in
the near future many of these considerations will become moot. As the
latter Singer discusses in his "On being silenced in Germany" chapter,
academic freedom is "fragile" indeed, everywhere there is any challenge
to the inherent corruption that power bestows upon the select few.
Cancer research is not unigue in this regard, it reflects the general
malaise of "civilized" life more or less proportionally. Still, there
are sources of inspiration. The "Lost Almost" (remember the Cerro Grande
fire?) scientist, Nick Nogar, was literally dying of cancer while his
team was performing mass spec ****ysis for Galen Knight, taking precious
time away from home and family to further the cause of science. In my
opinion, this was a prime example of "good dying", and serves to remind
us all that we have the choice to conduct our lives according to our
conscience, despite the efforts of tyrants and despots, and perhaps in
so doing grasp enough life from the gaping maw of Death to live another
day...

--
_o Kristofer Dale,
_ \<,_ ragged individualist,
_____( )/ ( )_____ statistic at large...

p.s. Learn and live, http://www.vitalethe****utics.org

kristofer d. dale

Damn, if only I hadn't been born human... ;^]

Actually, I take great comfort in my motality these days. Noticed a
Peter Singer contributed, although I don't think he is the same one
reviwed here:
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7318/940

Given the current state of deterioration in world affairs, I suspect in
the near future many of these considerations will become moot. As the
latter Singer discusses in his "On being silenced in Germany" chapter,
academic freedom is "fragile" indeed, everywhere there is any challenge
to the inherent corruption that power bestows upon the select few.
Cancer research is not unigue in this regard, it reflects the general
malaise of "civilized" life more or less proportionally. Still, there
are sources of inspiration. The "Lost Almost" (remember the Cerro Grande
fire?) scientist, Nick Nogar, was literally dying of cancer while his
team was performing mass spec ****ysis for Galen Knight, taking precious
time away from home and family to further the cause of science. In my
opinion, this was a prime example of "good dying", and serves to remind
us all that we have the choice to conduct our lives according to our
conscience, despite the efforts of tyrants and despots, and perhaps in
so doing grasp enough life from the gaping maw of Death to live another
day...

--
_o Kristofer Dale,
_ \<,_ ragged individualist,
_____( )/ ( )_____ statistic at large...

p.s. Learn and live, http://www.vitalethe****utics.org

eric greene

As Woody Allen said:

I don't mind dying. I just don't want to be there when it happens.