Similar fields. They’re like the philosophy students in college who didn’t want to work at a sandwich shop after graduation. At the end of the day they’re most likely to be paid/employed by hospitals and pharmaceutical companies. Probably much like other jobs you get bright eyed optimists and others who will be “yes men” for a paycheck.
Ethicists aren’t deciding what is or isn’t an advance. They’re trying to work to make sure clinical practice and medical studies are humane. They’re like the philosophers of the medical community.
My personal opinion there are some medical providers who get so lost in the mechanics of the body and disease process that they forget they’re treating a human being. Medical ethicists and even more front line social workers and patient advocates are needed to keep things in perspective. Care teams are essential in modern medicine.
Maybe malpractice insurance premiums
Medical ethicists frequently work at hospitals to help define guidelines of care or help vet how a clinical study is designed or how informed consent forms are worded. They don’t really stand in the way of advances.
Oh I totally geek out on biomedical engineering and related fields. One of the things I’m absolutely fascinated by is how little is known or understood about how cerebrospinal fluid works. There just haven’t been good ways to study it in action. We know it’s essential. A lot of information is missing about exactly why or how it works.
Medical advances historically have frequently been built on questionable activities. Medical ethics is a relatively new field.
Then we have advances like deep brain stimulation that have given some people their lives back from debilitating symptoms. Biomedical engineering is a strange beast and you have to question the ethics of something at every turn. What I know of the Neuralink project, I’m not a fan.
Yep. The brain and heart both have electrical impulses. Brain death is when the brain consistently has no electrical impulses but the body is being kept alive by machines.
Brainwaves can be measured with an EEG. That’s how they can diagnose seizures because sharp spikes or disruptions in brainwaves are seen. There are different frequencies of brain waves. When people have been studied meditating depending on their practice level they go into more relaxed brainwave states. I believe Alpha brainwaves are typically seen in meditation, while advanced practitioners exhibit Theta. Delta brainwaves are seen in deep dreamless sleep. Look up some of the studies on it. I think you’ll find it interesting.
Based on what I know about the brain. I think we currently know about as much about the brain as the entirety of space. Also kind of cool how it’s the one organ that studies itself. 
*Gasp* I know people not on any social media.
Fair point. Life involves risk. You gotta choose what you’re willing to deal with. nostr:note1mm2nk9r5pe8yxv5z7pgyq32cuq5aznsyv3tsjm078gtgetjf8sjqulf3ny
They definitely can be
I’ve seen you deal with trolls by trolling harder. Now that is wisdom.
Words of wisdom from Queen Marie nostr:note1ztp928tuc3pk3pglvgf7un9er9djz8nu59n30plne2mr0s0hscastw3dtj
Short answer: yes.
A few accounts posted comments along the lines that women should post pseudonymously to avoid harassment.
Advising people to use pseudonyms to maintain privacy on the internet only works if you manage to never let slip a personal detail. Every personal detail makes it easier to connect a nym to your real world identity.
Facebook actually thought at one point requiring first and last names would help prevent harassment because the harasser couldn’t hide behind a fake identity.
I think it’s a cultural problem without an easy solution. Online harassment is an issue for all.
