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"[W]hen Pardo and his colleagues published their paper in the Annals of Neurology in 2005, they added an online primer that clearly explained their findings in layman's terms and sternly warned doctors not to use them to develop treatments. "We were concerned that the study would raise a lot of controversy and be misused," Pardo said. "We were right." Over and over, doctors in the autism recovery movement have used the paper to justify experimental treatments aimed at reducing neuroinflammation." - Mark

"There are certain rules of conduct on which most ethical people would agree. It’s not nice to date the boss’s daughter just to get ahead in the company. Or marry her son. And no parent would approve of a child befriending another child just because he happens to own an Xbox 360 Elite. That would be like an adult warming up to a colleague simply because he happens to have season tickets for the New Orleans Saints. All of these ethical lapses fall under the general category of using people, which we’re taught early on not to do. People are not instruments or tools to be wielded for our own purposes, pawns to help us achieve our personal goals. Yet we do use people anyway, often in more subtle ways than these. Why is that?" - Mark

'The four declarative statements below are based on a broad review of the multidisciplinary literature and are published along with associated “substantiating research studies” deemed adequate to support them. Taken together, they affirm the natural underpinnings of human morality. Listed below the statements are members of the review panel of research scientists and ethicists involved in the authentication process.' - Mark

Err, Frankenstein was the doctor not the monster! - Neil de Haan

Just think "Frankenstein('s monster)." - Tanath

A response to this: http://friendfeed.com/aasfshn... - Mark from Bookmarklet

The Vice-chancellor of the Australian Catholic University shows that he can be just as hateful as his apparent antagonists. - Mark from Bookmarklet

Wow, this guy is MAD! I like his style, even though he's somewhat lacking in content :) (I guess this must be the respectful tone I keep hearing about,) - Eivind