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Oh please. Dreaded Anomaly Send a noteboard - 05/02/2012 11:13:50 PM
http://web.archive.org/web/20110722021033/http://eileen.250x.com/Main/Einstein/Brain_Waves.htm
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/294/8/947.full

The first link debunks the myth and the bad citations which continue to be used in support of it. The second link gives an actual scientific discussion of fetal brain development.

From there we are reduced to debating whether and when that EEG measured brain function qualifies as "brainwaves." So, brain waves at 8 weeks, with considerable debate over whether they qualify as brainwaves, all of which is just a recap of what I already said. The only new wrinkle is we are now debating whether brainwaves even CAN be defined, despite their being the standard for when life ENDS (which, as the article notes, was the focus of both the first two citations of when brain activity commences.) "But a bigger problem is that" Sykes "was writing another personal essay, not reporting" her "own research," which, according to her article, means such essays should be ignored. I will stop short of making that proof of dishonesty, as she repeatedly does; it is just plain old sincere bias. ;)


The quote in the title of your post is basically entirely fabricated, the result of no actual research. Making a false statement and then listing citations which don't actually support it is not the same as directly linking to and quoting from the citations. Claiming that the former is reliable while the latter is biased is, quite frankly, bullshit.

We're not debating if brainwaves can be defined; they are very clearly defined, the "pro-lifers" just tend to ignore those definitions.
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Susan G. Komen cuts funds to Planned Parenthood. (with updated edit) - 02/02/2012 04:32:27 PM 2200 Views
The most annoying part is in the sixth paragraph- abortions are only a small part of their thing - 02/02/2012 05:08:07 PM 1090 Views
I agree. - 02/02/2012 05:20:17 PM 1001 Views
I can understand it though. - 02/02/2012 05:45:55 PM 1062 Views
I can too, it just isn't for me. - 02/02/2012 05:58:33 PM 971 Views
Actually, there are longer-acting forms of birth control than the pill. - 03/02/2012 12:37:42 AM 984 Views
I do think that preventing abortions is their primary goal. - 03/02/2012 01:08:05 AM 949 Views
If they don't see that link, it's because they haven't looked. - 03/02/2012 02:42:42 AM 1033 Views
That is a little unfair. - 03/02/2012 12:48:46 PM 1241 Views
Won't someone please think of the children?! - 04/02/2012 05:03:27 AM 1031 Views
I think you're leaving out some important points. - 04/02/2012 03:40:48 PM 975 Views
Ah, the good ol' silent majority. - 04/02/2012 07:32:29 PM 947 Views
So which moron is feeding you this crap? - 04/02/2012 10:27:15 PM 970 Views
A zygote isn't a person, because it doesn't have a brain. - 05/02/2012 12:33:29 AM 966 Views
It worries me when we think alike.... - 05/02/2012 01:22:35 PM 1005 Views
Brain waves at 8 weeks are a myth. - 05/02/2012 08:46:06 PM 1109 Views
"brain function... appears to be reliably present in the fetus at about eight weeks' gestation." - 05/02/2012 10:42:35 PM 1022 Views
Oh please. - 05/02/2012 11:13:50 PM 987 Views
Re: Oh please yourself. - 06/02/2012 09:15:26 PM 865 Views
Quite a telling reply. - 07/02/2012 04:38:20 AM 928 Views
Re: I quite agree. - 08/02/2012 06:03:23 PM 1133 Views
You're taking an issue of objective facts and treating it like a day of playground gossip. - 09/02/2012 03:47:06 AM 972 Views
No, your source, in which there is very little that is objective, did that for me. - 11/02/2012 02:59:45 AM 994 Views
I see you have continued to provide no factual arguments. - 14/02/2012 04:53:28 AM 1231 Views
I presented factual rebuttals. - 19/02/2012 01:56:45 AM 1023 Views
You continue to miss the point. - 23/02/2012 10:22:24 PM 1114 Views
Well, yes. - 04/02/2012 11:14:47 PM 1032 Views
A silent majority may as well not exist, if it has no tangible effects. - 05/02/2012 12:54:34 AM 976 Views
You ignoring it is not the same thing as it having no tangible effect. - 05/02/2012 02:11:36 AM 1071 Views
Ignoring what? You haven't shown me anything solid. - 05/02/2012 05:25:23 AM 969 Views
It's ok, we're done. *NM* - 05/02/2012 09:29:05 AM 591 Views
Since few people oppose ADULT contraception access, that might be wise in this case. - 04/02/2012 08:25:49 PM 1060 Views
Re: Since few people oppose ADULT contraception access, that might be wise in this case. - 05/02/2012 02:11:28 AM 970 Views
If you are arguing most sex ed opponents are naïve/ignorant, I agree. - 05/02/2012 08:42:17 AM 804 Views
Re: If you are arguing most sex ed opponents are naïve/ignorant, I agree. - 05/02/2012 10:04:59 PM 973 Views
Re: If you are arguing most sex ed opponents are naïve/ignorant, I agree. - 06/02/2012 08:57:38 PM 953 Views
I'm done discussing my use of the term "oppression." The Tim Ryan stuff is interesting, though. - 07/02/2012 05:37:05 AM 1051 Views
Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 08/02/2012 06:01:32 PM 1143 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 09/02/2012 05:30:58 AM 1009 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 11/02/2012 02:58:00 AM 1037 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 14/02/2012 04:29:08 AM 1103 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 19/02/2012 01:54:30 AM 1018 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 23/02/2012 10:59:32 PM 1316 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 07/03/2012 01:47:44 AM 971 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 15/03/2012 10:27:23 PM 1230 Views
There are problems with the implants - 03/02/2012 01:42:55 AM 996 Views
You have a talent for understatement. - 03/02/2012 01:08:40 PM 981 Views
I agree that they have made Beast Cancer a cult but splitting with PP is just smart - 02/02/2012 05:39:49 PM 1131 Views
I agree. - 02/02/2012 06:00:17 PM 914 Views
yes she is going to have to piss off one group or the other - 02/02/2012 06:12:31 PM 980 Views
Right - 02/02/2012 06:24:14 PM 1031 Views
Do you see a way Komen could have avoided pissing off one side? - 02/02/2012 06:55:36 PM 978 Views
No, I don't. I don't believe I said that? - 02/02/2012 07:53:50 PM 887 Views
You didn't; I inferred it from the way you phrased that ("if she HAS to..."). Sorry. - 02/02/2012 08:06:11 PM 969 Views
I know I'm not always clear. - 02/02/2012 08:32:47 PM 971 Views
Just curious... - 02/02/2012 10:07:49 PM 953 Views
Not at all. - 02/02/2012 10:24:19 PM 1019 Views
Not at all? - 02/02/2012 10:32:31 PM 909 Views
No. - 02/02/2012 10:47:04 PM 870 Views
My argument is based on my belief that the pro-choice women are more dedicated to women's causes - 02/02/2012 11:17:24 PM 965 Views
Re: My argument is based on my belief that the pro-choice women are more dedicated to women's causes - 03/02/2012 12:08:01 AM 960 Views
wow that may be the worst advice I had in weeks - 03/02/2012 12:13:18 AM 924 Views
Ooor, the best. - 03/02/2012 12:25:56 AM 904 Views
ok now you are just being mean *NM* - 03/02/2012 12:46:12 AM 590 Views
The thread was going too well - I thought we needed the meanness. *NM* - 03/02/2012 11:30:39 AM 536 Views
rabble rouser *NM* - 04/02/2012 04:24:01 AM 552 Views
I misread this at first - 03/02/2012 12:51:44 AM 966 Views
not to mention codeine seems to make me double post - 02/02/2012 11:17:26 PM 2007 Views
I'm not so sure I agree. Or not completely. - 02/02/2012 06:14:11 PM 898 Views
I don't diagree with the way you see it - 02/02/2012 06:39:41 PM 968 Views
More inevitable than anything, considering who started Komen. - 02/02/2012 10:19:34 PM 914 Views
Never having heard of any of those except PP, my opinion may not be the most relevant... - 02/02/2012 08:32:48 PM 1037 Views
You don't know stuff. - 02/02/2012 08:43:38 PM 1000 Views
I know the stuff that matters. - 02/02/2012 09:55:08 PM 901 Views
That's true. - 02/02/2012 10:34:32 PM 992 Views
they may also be a afraid that PP will go the way of ACORN - 02/02/2012 11:04:16 PM 1046 Views
"Accused" of = unfounded slander. - 03/02/2012 12:13:30 AM 1056 Views
This is so foreign a debate for me - 02/02/2012 10:16:15 PM 1022 Views
Must be nice. *NM* - 03/02/2012 12:26:49 AM 641 Views
Re: stuff - 03/02/2012 09:18:53 AM 919 Views
I'm sorry, but what're we talking about when we're talking about "cancer" - 03/02/2012 12:49:34 PM 950 Views
Obviously not adenocarcinoma, no. - 04/02/2012 07:36:06 AM 963 Views
I"m not that fussed. I'm just generally leary of research that has results like that - 04/02/2012 08:35:04 PM 909 Views
Fair enough. - 04/02/2012 10:17:31 PM 978 Views
They restored funding incidentally - 03/02/2012 05:43:47 PM 898 Views
Unless I've missed it - 03/02/2012 05:56:15 PM 984 Views
You must have missed it then - 03/02/2012 07:07:13 PM 900 Views
If you're referring to Cannoli - 03/02/2012 07:19:25 PM 1053 Views
Multiple was not an accidental choice of words - 03/02/2012 11:46:30 PM 930 Views
Then I agree that maybe this is not the thread for you. - 04/02/2012 12:41:42 AM 962 Views
Re: Then I agree that maybe this is not the thread for you. - 04/02/2012 01:53:25 AM 1153 Views
Well, I'll try again for both of us. - 04/02/2012 02:56:42 PM 984 Views
Re: Well, I'll try again for both of us. - 04/02/2012 07:40:25 PM 951 Views
well at least there will not be any doubt about this being a political decision - 03/02/2012 06:24:14 PM 1096 Views
I think that ship sailed long ago. - 03/02/2012 08:45:13 PM 903 Views
Truth - 04/02/2012 02:07:20 AM 1008 Views
I do wonder a bit which lawmakers Fox thinks "pressured" Komen. - 03/02/2012 08:29:50 PM 899 Views
are you trying to disprove the study you posted? - 03/02/2012 09:20:12 PM 1028 Views
To me, it depends on the nature of the contact, which I have not dug enough to discover. - 03/02/2012 10:43:45 PM 930 Views
you admit you have no incite into what happened - 04/02/2012 04:27:17 AM 951 Views
Actually, it looks like Komens new VP (and former GOP GA gubernatorial candidate) had the incite. - 04/02/2012 04:24:14 PM 1001 Views
educated guess don't work when you are tinfoil hat wearing kool-aid drinker - 04/02/2012 09:33:49 PM 899 Views
Dude. - 04/02/2012 11:20:49 PM 840 Views
Yo mama? - 05/02/2012 05:32:11 AM 995 Views
whhhhhhyyyyyy - 04/02/2012 11:23:58 PM 969 Views
Why would I not think that? - 05/02/2012 05:46:15 AM 868 Views

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