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[9-15-2015] Bio-ethics Final
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 4:15 pm
by bobusdoleus
Help. I feel like a dumb. I do not understand this comic even slightly.
Re: [9-15-2015] Bio-ethics Final
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:28 pm
by Kaharz
One question that may be on a bioethics exam would concern animal testing.* So I assume instead of giving their own answer, the student is just going to agree with the professor. I'm just guessing that is the point. It isn't a very good joke.
*for medical purposes, since medicine and scientific research is mostly what bioethics is concerned with. Not whether a new mascara will irritate a rabbit's eyes.
Re: [9-15-2015] Bio-ethics Final
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 6:37 pm
by Liriodendron_fagotti
I read it as the student being the animal subject in question being "tested" and that's how they avoid the exam.
Re: [9-15-2015] Bio-ethics Final
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:08 am
by Old Red Biscuit
That's how I read it as well. The test he's about to take is for non-medical purposes, and he's tricked the teacher into saying she doesn't agree with that. Most amusing.
Re: [9-15-2015] Bio-ethics Final
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:16 am
by Kaharz
Liriodendron_fagotti wrote:I read it as the student being the animal subject in question being "tested" and that's how they avoid the exam.
Probably a better interpretation than mine.
Re: [9-15-2015] Bio-ethics Final
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:01 pm
by bobusdoleus
Oh yeah, that makes sense. Thanks a lot! I feel more with it and hip to the doo-dad now.
Re: [9-15-2015] Bio-ethics Final
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2015 1:42 pm
by walkerite
And the mouseover text demonstrates that the difference is that the student is taking the exam voluntarily, unlike the 100 million+ beings we 'sacrifice' to ourselves every year.
Re: [9-15-2015] Bio-ethics Final
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 12:06 pm
by Guest
walkerite wrote:And the mouseover text demonstrates that the difference is that the student is taking the exam voluntarily, unlike the 100 million+ beings we 'sacrifice' to ourselves every year.
wat.
(for the record, mine just says "The only downside was the F.")
Re: [9-15-2015] Bio-ethics Final
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:33 am
by walkerite
Re: Guest - If a student doesn't wish to take a test, they just fail. If a non-human animal doesn't wish to take a test, they'll be starved or beaten until they do, then killed when they are of no more use to their experimenters. I.e. this comic hinges on the different contexts of the word 'test'.
Re: [9-15-2015] Bio-ethics Final
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:55 pm
by Guest
walkerite wrote: this comic hinges on the different contexts of the word 'test'.
Well, I got
that. What you should have said is that your reading hinges of the context of the word 'downside'. i.e "I had to endure this much punishment" vs. "I had to endure this little punishment". Thank you for explaining it though.