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[moonwise]

Went to the second of three seminars on green (i.e. environmentally responsible) chemistry tonight. The speaker showed a very disturbing photograph of a mouse in a fluorocarbon solvent, weighted down with a sinker, breathing dissolved O2 in the solvent. "Very happily breathing!" says the speaker.

*gets an attack of the extreme weirdies and has to look away*

And then the speaker talks about some technology, developed in France and Japan, that aimed to replace some of a person's blood with fluorocarbon solvent during surgery. Most blood used in surgery just runs out again, what a waste. Apparently you can replace up to 80% of blood in the body with fluorocarbon and the animal/person will live.

Arafel: AIEEEEEE *shudders to think of her veins coursing with clear fluid*

go ahead and do that on OTHER PEOPLE

don't do it on me.

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[arafel.livejournal.com]

It was the weight on the tail that really got me. *shudders* Poor frigging mouse. If I ever find that pic, I'll post it.

Neat, indeed. But weird. Definitely weird.

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[wickedorin.livejournal.com]

Doesn't it make you wonder if there's a group of scientists out there that, instead of doing anything helpful for the general population, just get together and say, "Hey, wouldn't it be neat if..."? *grin*

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[arafel.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I think so. It would explain some of the useless research that goes on, I'm sure. "Let's do that! And get governmental funding for it!" Oooookay....

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[wickedorin.livejournal.com]

I just remember seeing this thing on TV years ago, about a groups of scientists who were determined to know who "the real" Mona Lisa was. And I remember thinking, "They get funding for this?"

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[arafel.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of people are with me on that particular topic (of the Mona Lisa and other useless research) when I say, "Who gives a sh*t?"

Your taxpayer dollars, friends and neighbors.

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[wickedorin.livejournal.com]

Then there are the glow in the dark bunnies...