Essay 1771 The importance of stupidity in scientific research Martin A. Schwartz Department of Microbiology‚ UVA Health System‚ University of Virginia‚ Charlottesville‚ VA 22908‚ USA e-mail: maschwartz@virginia.edu Accepted 9 April 2008 Journal of Cell Science 121‚ 1771 Published by The Company of Biologists 2008 doi:10.1242/jcs.033340 I recently saw an old friend for the first time in many years. We had been Ph.D. students at the same time‚ both studying science‚ although in different
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The Scientific Method - The Scientific Method is the standardized procedure that scientists are supposed to follow when conducting experiments‚ in order to try to construct a reliable‚ consistent‚ and non-arbitrary representation of our surroundings. To follow the Scientific Method is to stick very tightly to a order of experimentation. First‚ the scientist must observe the phenomenon of interest. Next‚ the scientist must propose a hypothesis‚ or idea in which the experiments will be based around
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Homelessness: Scientific Method Research SOCS 185 February 8‚ 2011 Homelessness is an ongoing social problem in the U.S. On top of being without shelter‚ these individuals are faced with a vast array of dangers that individuals with shelter do not face. These dangers may include exposure to inclement weather conditions‚ lack of health care‚ hate crime activity‚ substance abuse‚ and ultimately death. Acquiring homeless rates with intentions of conducting data research can be difficult being
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Should animals be treated with dignity? Animal cruelty is a serious problem that still takes place around the world‚ although some issues are clear‚ certain acts of animal cruelty remain disguised under the name of art and entertainment. Bullfighting is the most obvious example. To be honest it is extremely disturbing that such cruelty is still carried out in modern society. Animals should be treated as companions‚ but this so called ‘sport’ is an abuse to animals in perhaps every possible way
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involved in animal research. Ethical Issues In terms of ethics‚ the main issue in animal testing is simply that many experimental animals suffer in ways which are unnatural to them. Through the use of genetic manipulation‚ obese mice ‚ diabetic mice‚ and mice with Huntington’s disease can be created. Surgical experiments can be performed on larger animals – such as pigs‚ sheep‚ and dogs‚ as “practice” for human surgery. Normally‚ such things would not happen to these animals. Any suffering
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Shandy Mae Yap 3/6 Should animals be kept in Zoos? I believe that animals should be allowed to enjoy their own natural habitat and live with their family freely‚ not trapped behind bars and cages. So no‚ I do not agree that animals should be kept in zoos. Most people go to the zoo purely for entertainment and I strongly believe that animals were not created for that purpose only. We shouldn’t put animals lower than us. Zoos claim to educate people and preserve species‚ but
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Reasons Why Animal Testing Should be Banned The activity of animal testing is of cruelty and sometimes unscientific. Money spent on animal experimentation is wasted in many cases; due to inability in obtaining accurate results‚ and all this at the cost of the animals’ well-being. Here are a few arguments against animal testing that support the thought of banning this activity. Cruel Practices Animals are a soft target for human beings; it is however‚ not fair to take undue advantage of their
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Animal rights‚ human wrongs? Introduction to the Talking Point on the use of animals in scientific research Frank Gannon Introduction The balance between the rights of animals and their use in biomedical research is a delicate issue with huge societal implications. The debate over whether and how scientists should use animal models has been inflammatory‚ and the opposing viewpoints are difficult to reconcile. Many animal-rights activists call for nothing less than the total abolition of
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Animals should be treated just like a human. Humans would not want to be tested on‚ therefore‚ humans should not perform these harsh tests on animals. The animals do not deserve to be thrown away‚ such as one would do with a used tissue. Before one looks at buying makeup‚ they should think of what brutal tests the animal had to endure for that small tube of lipstick just to be applied to their lips. Animal testing should not even be legal because if we can have them as pets then we should treat them
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Over 100 million animals are killed in lab use for experiments in the United States‚ and also biology lessons‚ most of the animals are treated with drugs‚ chemicals‚ and also viruses. Scientist are always experimenting with animals and are treating the animals inhumanely. The animals are not like humans so their pain levels are a lot different from men and women pain levels. Animals including rabbits‚ mice‚ monkeys‚ cats‚ dogs and more animals get implants‚ diseases‚ and painful procedures and most
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