Friday, June 20, 2014
More reasons to defund Science
Today's science news:
The sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays have a similar effect on our bodies as heroin, scientists claim, and by topping up our tan we're acting in much the same way as an addict satisfying a yearning for heroin or morphine. Experts knew that sun-seeking behaviour could fit the clinical criteria for a substance-related disorder, but what underlay this apparent "addiction" had been unknown until now. Lead scientist Dr David Fisher, from Harvard Medical School in the US, and his team investigated links between UV exposure and the opioid receptor pathway in "naked" laboratory mice. After a week in the artificial sunshine, endorphin levels in the blood of shaved animals increased. At the end of six weeks, the mice were given an opioid-blocking drug, naloxone. Abruptly denied the drug-like effects of UV, they suffered an array of withdrawal symptoms, including shaking, tremors and teeth chattering. "It's surprising that we're genetically programmed to become addicted to something as dangerous as UV radiation, which is probably the most common carcinogen in the world," said Dr Fisher, whose findings appear in the journal Cell.Lesus Christ. What an absolute idiot. Surprising that we're designed to seek the FORCE THAT GIVES US LIFE? Surprising that we want to ACQUIRE ENERGY? I can't begin to figure out the alien non-thought processes inside the alien cranial cavity of this well-funded and well-respected alien weirdo. If this is "science", we need to eliminate it ENTIRELY. All of it. Every single bit. ¶ 4:11 AM
