Dakryn's Batshit Theory of the Week

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

I don't think the synthesis of drugs in a laboratory is bad per se, but it seems to me profits are in the forefront, and the development of useful medicine is little more than an afterthought. I mean, we began with the creation of substances, that when used responsibly, are basically harmless, but now new drugs being developed are exceedingly damaging to the health of people with very little positive effect.

 

[Vimana]

My dad worked in pharmaceuticals and I honestly don't take someone's opinion on the effects of them as an end-all-be-all. My dad has a PHD in chemistry and illustrated to me just how imprecise the process of making a drug is. It requires lots of experimenting until something is found good enough for trial, then if it is safe enough in the trial, it gets marketed. The side-effects are just anything that happens to the test subject during the trial that may not even be caused by the drug.

On the other hand, I find medical research that is not aimed at money to be something to be encouraged. People need to stop bitching about stem-cell research and artificial life. It helps save more lives than the one they think it takes. Besides, no one bitches when chimeric cells are made/used.

I really hope that in my lifetime my biochemistry can be altered so that I can regenerate any structure and I can replace my neurons. I think it would be awesome. I would be having prolonged youth as I slowly morph into a different person every day. I would only be able to remember back about one hundred years.

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

I disapprove of using the term "chemicals" to mean "synthetic crap/preservatives." Chemical does not mean what you think it means

lol, yeah, I hate when I hear people say "you know how many chemicals are in that!"

You mean the same chemicals that are made from the building blocks called atoms!

 

[Pessimism]

My dad worked in pharmaceuticals and I honestly don't take someone's opinion on the effects of them as an end-all-be-all. My dad has a PHD in chemistry and illustrated to me just how imprecise the process of making a drug is. It requires lots of experimenting until something is found good enough for trial, then if it is safe enough in the trial, it gets marketed. The side-effects are just anything that happens to the test subject during the trial that may not even be caused by the drug.

On the other hand, I find medical research that is not aimed at money to be something to be encouraged. People need to stop bitching about stem-cell research and artificial life. It helps save more lives than the one they think it takes. Besides, no one bitches when chimeric cells are made/used.

I really hope that in my lifetime my biochemistry can be altered so that I can regenerate any structure and I can replace my neurons. I think it would be awesome. I would be having prolonged youth as I slowly morph into a different person every day. I would only be able to remember back about one hundred years.

This.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

lol, yeah, I hate when I hear people say "you know how many chemicals are in that!"

You mean the same chemicals that are made from the building blocks called atoms!

Humans are all entirely made of chemicals. So are herbs.

 

[Dak]

Toxic chemicals. Happy?

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Alcohol isn't a drug!

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Slightly happier, I guess.

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

Humans are all entirely made of chemicals. So are herbs.

Don't forget the body of Christ.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

The body of Christ is made of flour and water, and tastes like cardboard.

 

[Pessimism]

 

[stephahnie]

Toxic chemicals. Happy?

Thank you.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

It only made me slightly happier, mainly because the definition of what a "toxin" is can be heavily elastic.

 

[Dak]

Well as far as processed food ingredients, the ones that are of zero nutritional benefit, and have a negative impact on the body (no matter how minor). Such as: flavor enhancers and preservatives.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Salt is a preservative and a flavor enhancer, and is actually healthy in moderation. Just sayin'.

 

[stephahnie]

Salt is a preservative and a flavor enhancer, and is actually healthy in moderation. Just sayin'.

I may be mistaken, but I was under the impression that the only reason salt was considered healthy was because it contains iodine, which is essential in healthy thyroidal function.

 

[Dak]

Salt is a preservative and a flavor enhancer, and is actually healthy in moderation. Just sayin'.

Depends on what type of salt we are referring to, but Americans consume too much regardless. I was specifically referring to things like MSG, autolyzed this, hydrogenated that.

 

[stephahnie]

Depends on what type of salt we are referring to, but Americans consume too much regardless. I was specifically referring to things like MSG, autolyzed this, hydrogenated that.

Indeed, I knew what you meant just making a sidenote. MSG and aspartame are the ultimate evils.

 

[mutantllama]

Don't forget the evil satanic high fructose corn syrup.

 

[Dak]

That too, and HFCS and MSG are in nearly everything. Another offender is Brominated anything.