Survey for my biology class

[dbw]

Once I saw a guy eat a piece of his own umbilical cord.  Seriously.  He was like 20.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Once I saw a guy eat a piece of his own umbilical cord.  Seriously.  He was like 20.

...aged and marbled?

 

[hannaugh]

Wow, that's a little weird. 

 

[Justinginn]

1. Do you know what a stem cell is?
Yes.

2. Do you know of the potential benefits of stem cell research?
Yes.

3. What is your age?
14

4. What is the highest level of education you have?
Graduation from Middle School

5. What is your political ideology?
Conservative?

6. Do you have children?
No.

7. Do you support abortion?
No.

8. Do you support adult stem cell research?
Yes

9. Do you support embryo stem cell research?
No. So far, adult has worked a whole lot better than stem. Whenever we try stem cell research on our lab rats, they get tumors and die. Why not use adult stem cells which work?

10. Affected by religious beliefs?
Yeah. Neither my religion or my conscience can treat a developing human as a product.

Guess I'm the odd one out, huh?

 

[GoDrex]

1. Do you know what a stem cell is?
Yes

2. Do you know of the potential benefits of stem cell research?
Yes

3. What is your age?
40

4. What is the highest level of education you have?
College and vocational school

5. What is your political ideology?
I support ideas and candidates that seem good to me

6. Do you have children?
Yes,  two boys 3 and 1

7. Do you support abortion?
I think it should remain legal, but I think that people should try to utilize other options - which means they need comprehensive sex ed.

8. Do you support adult stem cell research?
Yes

9. Do you support embryo stem cell research?
Yes

10. Affected by religious beliefs?
I don't have any religious beliefs.

 

[jackthehack]

1. Do you know what a stem cell is? Yes
2. Do you know of the potential benefits of stem cell research? Yes
3. What is your age? 54
4. What is the highest level of education you have? post-grad work
5. What is your political ideology? radical anarchist
6. Do you have children? No
7. Do you support abortion? Yes, any trip to Wal-Mart will support the supposition not enough are being performed
8. Do you support adult stem cell research? Yes
9. Do you support embryo stem cell research? Yes
10. If no to #9, is it a conflict of your religious beliefs?

 

[Soylent]

I wanna play!

1. Do you know what a stem cell is? Yes
2. Do you know of the potential benefits of stem cell research? Yes
3. What is your age? 22
4. What is the highest level of education you have? I have a degree.. its for art.. but it still counts.
5. What is your political ideology? Mostly indifferent, but I lean to the left.
6. Do you have children? No
7. Do you support abortion? I'm not gung ho about the idea of it, but I mean.. if you get raped and don't want to have that child, I say don't have that child.
8. Do you support adult stem cell research? Yes
9. Do you support embryo stem cell research? Yes
10. If no to #9, is it a conflict of your religious beliefs? Not at all.

 

[blimpo]

1. Do you know what a stem cell is?
yes I teach Health
2. Do you know of the potential benefits of stem cell research?
yes
3. What is your age?
56
4. What is the highest level of education you have?
BS Degree
5. What is your political ideology?
moderate liberal
6. Do you have children?
yes
7. Do you support abortion?
Not really, but I believe it is a private individual issue
8. Do you support adult stem cell research?
yes
9. Do you support embryo stem cell research?
yes
10. If no to #9, is it a conflict of your religious beliefs
I do have some reservations, but understand the benefit to mankind

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

The project was due 2 days ago.

 

[Mor Paul]

Yup. Meant to update this. I stopped with Jack's post. Thanks, everybody!

 

[JohninSC]

Being a middle school science teacher, and a good ol' southern church boy, i definitely have thought about and been asked about this topic often. After multiple discussions, debates, ect., I have decided that this is how i feel.

The creation of life begins at conception (thats the church boy in me). The problem with the stem cell research topic, is that stem cell research itself is not why people should be upset, even though it is. The actual problem is in vitro fertilization. This is why.

When a woman undergoes ivf, a doctor basically extracts a large number of her remaining eggs from her woman parts. These eggs are the splashed with sperm from a doner, and several embryos are created (which i again view as life). The doc then takes anywhere from 1-8 of the best looking embryos, and inplants them in the female and hopes that they take. Even if he implants 8, none of them could take, or all 8 (a la octomom). Heres why ivf is the real problem. If the eggs take, then the doc stores the remaining embryos in a freezer until the woman decides that shes done reproducing. The doc then essentially throws the embryos out, killing them.

Stem cell research takes those already condemned embryos, and does something useful with them. The research does kill the embryo, but it would be dead anyway, since the doc throws them away. So being that that is the situation, i dont have a problem with stem cell research, but I do have one with in vitro fertilization. I wish more people who slam stem cell research would think about that.......

 

[dbw]

Thanks John...I don't think I can respond without breaking the Politics Rule, but your perspective is great  :icon_thumright:

 

[Mor Paul]

Well, I think in a day or two I'll lock this topic, so no politics continue. Thanks again guys!

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Did we get a politics rule?  Seriously?

 

[Mor Paul]

Well, I'm in support of no politics debates here, personally.

 

[Rick]

Delete.  I did a response, but then I said why bother ...  It really is silly to comment on this topic.

 

[kboman]

No new rules yet, and they don't seem necessary (I double checked both the poll and the forum rules).

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Exactly.  There's nothing that compells anyone to type or read anything on here.  If we disagree or get to riled up about anything, just steer clear.  It seems to that no this or that type rules end up being a that type of rule anyway.  Regardless of anything I read, this is a build your own guitar/bass forum to me.  I would be in favor of an "everybody just be cool to each other" rule.

 

[Mor Paul]

Okay, I think I'll be closing this one now 

Thanks, guys!