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It’s not what the thread is supposed to be about and I apologise for derailing it there, but one thing that’s always bothered me about...

Poison, obviously. https://www.illinoisscience.org/blog/chemotherapy-is-poison/...

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz is a lovely little sci-fi novella about authenticity, prejudice, identity, and robots. There’s just a...

The point is that that definition of poison is of very little use unless it’s situational. All drugs (and so many other things) are...

Duties of a Doctor, GMC, I think the 2002 version? I read it through when I qualified in 2003. It’s quite lengthy and explains that all...

Yes, I’m sure. The distinction I just made is very clear and is morally, ethically, legally, and professionally essential. It’s one I...

If you take a drug in full understanding of its effects and with full consent hoping for it to affect you, then it’s a drug, not a...

Yes, that’s a good edge case. But if you want to be mind controlled - or rather, have someone adjust your mind as you request - that...

Anything up to and including nuclear weapons can be used for good, for a given and broad definition of “good”. The question is whether...

Ooh, I’ll definitely look into that one.

I've always had a soft spot for "For The Greater Good" for Villains & Vigilantes, mainly because you get to beat up Klan members and...

Nothing is just for kids. Not this, not Lego, not ice cream, not cartoons, not video games.

It’s just a derpy monster cat who’s a reference to Korean paintings and also indicates that monsters from beyond the Honmoon aren’t...

My wife and I really enjoyed this. Much deeper than I expected. It was fun.

They’re now competing to claim the name Mastermind, that’s what’s at stake. So that implies they recognise they’re not great at picking...