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Old 28-03-2012, 10:56 AM
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Einstein's brain on show - in slices

Hi,

I find this decidedly offensive. What do you reckon?

http://www.smh.com.au/world/albert-e...328-1vxdd.html

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Old 28-03-2012, 12:43 PM
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Not at all, I am pretty sure he has finished using it.

The only disturbing thing here is why anyone would want to see it.
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Old 28-03-2012, 01:26 PM
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It is confronting and offensive.
The person can not/should not be reduced to a slice of tissue. IMHO.

Brave new world.. with no limits
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Old 28-03-2012, 01:27 PM
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Funny old world, right enough!
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Old 28-03-2012, 01:48 PM
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Funny, I recon they should have preserved him completely...for ever - I can see him in the Smithsonian, in a glass cabinet kinda all yellow and a bit shriveled under formaldahide
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Old 28-03-2012, 04:34 PM
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Nope, don't find it offensive but also wouldn't bother to go and see it - what's the point?
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Old 28-03-2012, 07:41 PM
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he asked for his brain to be kept and studied.
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he asked for his brain to be kept and studied.
I have always been under the impression that his brain was taken without consent ?
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