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    Scientists Launch Study to Determine Exactly How Human Animals Should Be
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    Image of Benny Benny
    11/10/09

    In reply to Scientists Launch Study to Determine Exactly How Human Animals Should Be
    "Any reasonable person"???

    Wow. I'm a little shocked by this.

    As any first year philosophy student can tell you, the yuck factor is (literally by definition) unreasonable. It pertains to snap judgements made in the absence of reasoning, and has been used as a justification for all sorts of terrible and harmful 'moral' positions. For example, you can thank the yuck factor for the widely held belief that homosexuality is immoral. ...Great.

    The term 'wisdom of repugnance', which you link to, was coined by none other than Leon Kass, who sat on Bush's 'Presidents Council on Bioethics'. He and his ilk are the very same antagonisers of science who we have to thank for all the great stem cell research that DIDN'T happen in the past eight years.

    I'm surprised to find Gawker locking step with them and their most idiotic philosophy. They dreamt the term up in order to legitimise prejudice and justify their stifling scientific policies. #yuckfactor
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    Image of Colander Colander
    11/10/09

    @Benny: Love you. #yuckfactor
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    Image of Han Valen Han Valen
    11/10/09

    @Benny: You know what? No.

    People like you like to think of yourselves as just SOOOO enlightened. But really, you're just naive and gullible, with zero common sense. Zero. #yuckfactor
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    Image of Benny Benny
    11/10/09

    @Colander: Aww. :) #yuckfactor
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    11/10/09

    @Han Valen: Wait. ...What? Gullible how? Articulate with words. #yuckfactor
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/09/09

    In reply to Scientists Launch Study to Determine Exactly How Human Animals Should Be
    Yet no one will stop the insanity that is turducken.
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    Image of Anrkist Anrkist
    11/09/09

    In reply to Scientists Launch Study to Determine Exactly How Human Animals Should Be

    Al Gore gets to make horrible creatures, why can't we? Another evil ploy by the left.
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    Image of Zira Zira
    11/09/09

    @Anrkist: Andrew Sullivan? #yuckfactor
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    Image of Anrkist Anrkist
    11/09/09

    @Oryx Hearts Crake: I do not know who that is, but I shall follow them and find out. #yuckfactor
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    Image of xhack xhack
    11/09/09

    In reply to Scientists Launch Study to Determine Exactly How Human Animals Should Be
    Does any of this end in me getting a pair of wings? If so, I say fuck. yes.
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    If_I_Had_a_Poodle promoted this comment Edited by xhack at 11/09/09 10:00 PM xhack was starred xhack was unstarred
    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    11/09/09

    @xhack: Prehensile tail for me. #yuckfactor
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    Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon
    11/09/09

    @Aidan_: Why not both?
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    Image of sparkyl sparkyl
    11/09/09

    In reply to Scientists Launch Study to Determine Exactly How Human Animals Should Be
    We humans turn out enough funny looking kids as it is. I can't tell you the number of times in a newborn nursery we hold up a baby and say, "Do you think he looks funny? Are his eyes weird, his ears too low, his penis too small?" The answer's generally "No, he looks like his parents." But NOW imagine those conversations!!! #yuckfactor
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/09/09

    @sparkyl: What do you do when you do get a funny looking one? (Not tragic, just funny.) #yuckfactor
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    Image of misha trotsky misha trotsky
    11/09/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: But what if the children had my looks and your brains? #yuckfactor
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    If_I_Had_a_Poodle promoted this comment misha trotsky was starred misha trotsky was unstarred
    Image of sparkyl sparkyl
    11/09/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: We hold him and cuddle him just like the beautiful cherubic ones. And tell the parents they have the sweetest baby in the nursery... #yuckfactor
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/09/09

    @misha trotsky: It would be able to fly and breathe fire.
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    Edited by If_I_Had_a_Poodle at 11/09/09 10:15 PM If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred If_I_Had_a_Poodle was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/09/09


    @sparkyl: Awwwwww #yuckfactor
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/09/09

    In reply to Scientists Launch Study to Determine Exactly How Human Animals Should Be
    I think a lot of this work has already been done. Hence the dog cow.
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    Image of Mike Jahn Mike Jahn
    11/09/09

    In reply to Scientists Launch Study to Determine Exactly How Human Animals Should Be
    New catch phrase: "hung like an ostrich." #yuckfactor
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    11/09/09

    In reply to Scientists Launch Study to Determine Exactly How Human Animals Should Be

    . #yuckfactor
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    Image of The Dewd The Dewd
    11/09/09


    @phlox✔: #yuckfactor
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    Image of Btwbfdimho Btwbfdimho
    11/09/09


    @phlox✔: #yuckfactor
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    Image of The Dewd The Dewd
    11/09/09

    @Btwbfdimho: Well played. #yuckfactor
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    11/10/09

    @The Dewd: Please tell me that's not Nick Denton. #yuckfactor
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    Image of ronniedobbs ronniedobbs
    11/09/09

    In reply to Scientists Launch Study to Determine Exactly How Human Animals Should Be
    So aardvarks will always find ways to come first, I see... #yuckfactor
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    11/09/09

    In reply to Scientists Launch Study to Determine Exactly How Human Animals Should Be
    ''Literally nobody wants to see an experiment where two mice that have eggs and sperm of human origin have the opportunity to mate and produce human offspring,''

    Speak for yourself, Doc. #yuckfactor
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/09/09

    @son of spam: Their little hands would be so tiny, and their eyes so beady. #yuckfactor
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    11/09/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: And yet we cheer for Chinese gymnasts. #yuckfactor
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    Image of 1WordUp 1WordUp
    11/09/09

    @son of spam: I second the motion.

    I would gladly put my Stuart Little-sized children in a Habitrail or a clear plastic ball and let them run around in it f I could. Which sounds a lot like a Flaming Lips concert, in retrospect.

    Problem solved: kids become backup-singers for The Flaming Lips, and get in the clear ball during time-out. #yuckfactor
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/09/09

    @1WordUp: No need for strollers. Just put them in your pockets. #yuckfactor
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    11/09/09


    @1WordUp: Like this #yuckfactor
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    Image of 1WordUp 1WordUp
    11/09/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Maybe MaClaren should make make them (?) #yuckfactor
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/09/09

    @1WordUp: Safety first #yuckfactor
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    Image of Colander Colander
    11/10/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Oh, gawd, now I want one. My cat is looking so bootleg right now. #yuckfactor
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    Image of ShawnP ShawnP
    11/10/09

    @son of spam: Right. Has this man not heard of TLC?
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    Edited by ShawnP at 11/10/09 1:18 AM ShawnP was starred ShawnP was unstarred
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