Miscellaneous Articles You Should Read (5 Viewers)

[seanc]

Skeleton of ‘Irish Giant’ to be removed from display at London museum

Hunterian Museum says manner in which Charles Byrne’s body was acquired was unethical and against his wishes

www.irishtimes.com

i've seen this skeleton. It's quite something. But that whole museum is exploitative. Syphilis skulls, feotus' in formaldehyde, all that stuff.

It's a really tragic story though. I got quite emotional looking at his skeleton. I felt bad. Now no one will feel nothing, because they can't see it. Don't know what to make of that.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Skeleton of ‘Irish Giant’ to be removed from display at London museum

Hunterian Museum says manner in which Charles Byrne’s body was acquired was unethical and against his wishes

www.irishtimes.com

i've seen this skeleton. It's quite something. But that whole museum is exploitative. Syphilis skulls, feotus' in formaldehyde, all that stuff.

It's a really tragic story though. I got quite emotional looking at his skeleton. I felt bad. Now no one will feel nothing, because they can't see it. Don't know what to make of that.

Anatomy collections strike me as being unnecessary in the 21st century. Even when I studied anatomy, they didn’t really serve any educational purpose. The (consenting) donated cadavers that we learned on did but the “cabinet of curiosities” style museum was (and is) still a freak show.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I went to that museum, I thought it was great

 

[ann post]

Anatomy collections strike me as being unnecessary in the 21st century. Even when I studied anatomy, they didn’t really serve any educational purpose. The (consenting) donated cadavers that we learned on did but the “cabinet of curiosities” style museum was (and is) still a freak show.

Some people understand things way better when they can see it in 3d though?

 

[magicbastarder]

I went to that museum, I thought it was great

we usually end up in these sort of museums when we're in foreign climes.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Some people understand things way better when they can see it in 3d though?

Yes but my point is that there is a wealth of anatomical information available donated by consenting donors. We also have 3D models (plastic, wax, and digital), reconstructions, and better ways of learning about the human body than with "HEY LOOK AT THIS FREAK BABY IN A JAR!" type museums.

 

[Cormcolash]

And, ehh, where could I see this Freak Baby In A Jar, I mean if one wanted to see such a thing

 

[seanc]

And, ehh, where could I see this Freak Baby In A Jar, I mean if one wanted to see such a thing

Just in case the article is paywalled or something, the museum is this one:

Homepage

Discover the art and science of surgery from ancient times to the present day.

www.rcseng.ac.uk

When I went there they were a little funny about people who weren't medical students, but we got in.

 

[magicbastarder]

Last time I was in one like that, it was a small one in Venice. We were also in one in Lisbon with a load of wax models of things that can go wrong with your genitals.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Just in case the article is paywalled or something, the museum is this one:

Homepage

Discover the art and science of surgery from ancient times to the present day.

www.rcseng.ac.uk

When I went there they were a little funny about people who weren't medical students, but we got in.

I thought the Hunterian were open to the public. The one in TCD is medical school only.

 

[seanc]

BlackBook

Prolyte's very own technical bible for technicians all over the globe.

www.prolyte.com

It's not an article, it's not even quite a manual. But if I'm spending a long time commuting underground without internet access, there's always this PDF to fall back on.

Also, if you know anything about this stuff, page 8, paragraph 1 blew my freaking mind.

 

[seanc]

I thought the Hunterian were open to the public. The one in TCD is medical school only.

It's not NOT open to the public, if you know what I mean. I think my girlfriend at the time told them she was researching for a novel. Which was mostly true.

I suppose the museum doesn't want to be known as a freakshow or whatever.

 

[pete]

BlackBook

Prolyte's very own technical bible for technicians all over the globe.

www.prolyte.com

It's not an article, it's not even quite a manual. But if I'm spending a long time commuting underground without internet access, there's always this PDF to fall back on.

Also, if you know anything about this stuff, page 8, paragraph 1 blew my freaking mind.

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[Cormcolash]

BlackBook

Prolyte's very own technical bible for technicians all over the globe.

www.prolyte.com

It's not an article, it's not even quite a manual. But if I'm spending a long time commuting underground without internet access, there's always this PDF to fall back on.

Also, if you know anything about this stuff, page 8, paragraph 1 blew my freaking mind.

ONLY DOPES DON'T RESPECT THE CONTINUITY OF THE LATTICE STRUCTURE!!

 

[seanc]

ONLY DOPES DON'T RESPECT THE CONTINUITY OF THE LATTICE STRUCTURE!!

Back in the day.....

 

[magicbastarder]

ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web

OpenAI’s chatbot offers paraphrases, whereas Google offers quotes. Which do we prefer?

www.newyorker.com

 

[pete]

How Our Reality May Be a Sum of All Possible Realities | Quanta Magazine

Richard Feynman’s path integral is both a powerful prediction machine and a philosophy about how the world is. But physicists are still struggling to figure out how to use it, and what it means.

www.quantamagazine.org

 

[seanc]

12ft |

12ft.io

There's about enough information in that for you to be able to lie about having read Ulysses.

 

[pete]

Yes, a bot wrote this

I asked ChatGPT this question: Can you write an open letter to the musician’s of the future, letting them know that although there are concerns around AI, it can also help them do research and basic admin tasks. Write 300 words in the style of a livejournal blog

open.substack.com

 

[pete]

Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial

Objective To determine if using a parachute prevents death or major traumatic injury when jumping from an aircraft. Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting Private or commercial aircraft between September 2017 and August 2018. Participants 92 aircraft passengers aged 18 and over were...

www.bmj.com

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