Biotech Values

[apljack]

Quiz:

This is a double dip, but my last answer:

The essential issue that distinguishes human from insect decision making is that, while both human species and the insect species that engage in social behavior (this is an assumption that Dew is not considering what the essentially asocial insects like Mantis Religiosa might do-and as an aside, if DT was an insect, she would be a wise Mantis Religiosa) also engage in decision making processes, once a group decision has been made, insects left in the minority whole heartedly lose any opposition to the decision and become unanimously united behind the decision, unlike humans, who may remain in a minority of detraction to the decision.

The decision making corollary here is that an FDA panel would only need a majority vote, thereby changing the minds of all minority members and the proposed drug would be approved without dissent.

Please see:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2827444/

Too bad our politics don't also work this way!!


regards,

aj