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Shot in the shoulder

Just watched another cop show where the the happy ending is that somebody got hit by a bullet deep in the shoulder, between the arm and the chest.

As a massage therapist, let me tell you that person is a wreck for life. The structures in there are so delicate, so complicated, so irreparable.

Damage:

Pec minor destroyed
scapula smashed
brachial artery and nerve bundle probably severed.

Results:

Survival? Probably not, probably bleed out because of the brachial artery.
Recover use of arm? (Assuming survival) Maybe, someday, if brachial nerve missed.
Happily ever after? No way. Neck and back will never, ever be right again.

People are delicate. Have compassion, be good to each other.

Silver boob on a chain

I’m going to start wearing a silver boob on a chain around my neck. Every real vampire I’ve ever heard of is more scared of boobs than crosses.

30 Mar 2010
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Let’s say I’m doing that psych experiment where I try to get my subjects to push a button to shock somebody. One of my subjects is Gandhi, and the other is some random kid who hasn’t developed his response to authority.

I can predict what Gandhi is going to do: he’ll refuse. The kid, I can only give you statistical probabilities.

It seems to me, though, that Gandhi has more free will (if such a thing exists) than the kid – Gandhi acts exactly according to his own will, and the kid kind of flaps in the breeze.

Or consider a sober driver VS an out-of-control drunk driver. You pretty much know where the sober person’s car is going to be 5 seconds from now – on the road, in the correct lane. The drunk driver’s car could be anywhere. The sober driver’s will is the more free: he gets where he wants to be.

So free will is not the same as unpredictability.
(me)

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