Dude, like I said, I was asking not to be a dick, but to frame your point of view and better understand it. I know it’s uncommon on gawker, but I am trying to have actual discourse with you! :-)

Fuck, can’t edit, but should have said “are the same for all research involving humans”

You’re not in human sciences, are you? You can NEVER do something you think has a high probability of being detrimental to the subjects. NEVER EVER EVER. That is like the first rule of ethical experiment design. You can’t experiment to see how bad something will be, only towards the positive.

To be clear, I am in…

The increase in cognitive ability allows one to have some dignity. Yelling at the tv to get out of your house and trying to eat your own excrement are incredibly undignified.

Not trying to be assholish, asking seriously, have you dealt with dementia or alzheimer’s daily?

Is dignity in death worth $5000 dollars?

Not all controls have to be placebo. In fact, that would definitely not be a control group. Have you ever interacted for long periods with a dementia patient? They are liable to grow stressed at the presence of an unresponsive foreign element in their space. Hell, I’ve known people to believe people on tv were in…

Are you sure you work for Gawker? That was so level headed and human. :-)

Well, the control really is the enormous population suffering dementia. Now it’s a matter of determining cost-benefit of sensors and feedback vs static companionship.

This is about bio feedback. The improvement is exponentially better with feedback, which goes both ways. The seal responds to the caring touch of the patients, as well as seeks their feedback when an extended period of time has elapsed.

I just pictured a very politically incorrect scenario involving Mr. Der(p).

So my mom was right? I am a genius?

Yes! I was hoping to see machining and casting!

Just to be that guy, “Free the prisoners, free the prisoners, long live free cuba, abajo los castros.”

As someone currently in Puerto Rico and not looking to call it quits anytime soon, I sincerely hope you are being sarcastic. Obama has done jack shit for us. Basically everyone has done jack shit for us, including ourselves. It’s a really dire situation but the younger generation at least get the point that basing…