In <7ag6kl$k83$1 at news1.tc.umn.edu> ebau0002 at tc.umn.SPAMNOT.edu (Jason
Ebaugh) writes:
>>>What does the group think of posts that are definitly related to
>neuro-biology but not so much neuroscience in a strict chemical,
>synapse, curciuts kind of way. I mean specificaly the threqads on
>non-human empathy and dolphin intelligence. They have been some of the
>most active threads on this group.
>>Just curious what peoples opinions are.
>
Nothing wrong, in principle; but the devil is in the details.
Discussions about things people know nothing about are always the most
popular. (Opinions are like u-no-what: everybody has one)
Except for an occasional nut case, no one replies to a more
substantive or technical query or comment unless he or she knows
something about the subject.
F. LeFever
>>Edward Justin Modestino <ejmodest at sas.upenn.edu> wrote:
>>>This is a neuroscience newsgroup designed to allow neuroscientists
and
>>enthusiasts to pool resources, share information, network and get
opinions
>>from fellow neuroscientists. This is not a newsgroup to discuss
religion
>>and philosophical arguments that are not directly related to
neuroscience.
>>Bioethics, religion, philosophy and several cult followings have
their own
>>newsgroups, chat sites and web postings. Please refer to these if
you wish
>>to discuss anything that is not about neuroscience or conducting
>>neuroscience. Certain individuals have been using this forum
>>inappropriately to voice their religious delusions and cult beliefs.
Oddly
>>enough, nothing that these people mention has any relevance to
>>neuroscience. Their behavior is pathological. Perhaps we could
discuss
>>theoretical neurobiology and their personal brain chemistry. Perhaps
they
>>have excessive dopamine and serotonin in a certain pathways in their
>>brains. This is relevant to neuroscience!! However, please refer to
other
>>newsgroups, chat rooms and web postings to discuss anything that is
not
>>neuroscience. I promise that I personally will do the same from now
on.
>>Ed Modestino
>>>
