Guess Who's Calling Part Deux?
A few things in the article stood out no actually there were quite alarming.
“Barabasi said he did not check with any ethics panel. Hidalgo said they were not required to do so because the experiment involved physics, not biology.”
Am I thee only person who finds that a bit disturbing.
“Study co-author Hidalgo said there is a difference between being a statistic — such as how many people buy a certain brand of computer — and a specific example. The people tracked in the study are more statistics than examples.
"In the wrong hands the data could be misused," Hidalgo said. "But in scientists' hands you're trying to look at broad patterns.... We're not trying to do evil things. We're trying to make the world a little better."
Since when have scientist been concern with the good of humanity? History is littered with the so-called broad patterns scientist look for in dealing with human lab rats.
“Barabasi said he did not check with any ethics panel. Hidalgo said they were not required to do so because the experiment involved physics, not biology.”
Am I thee only person who finds that a bit disturbing.
“Study co-author Hidalgo said there is a difference between being a statistic — such as how many people buy a certain brand of computer — and a specific example. The people tracked in the study are more statistics than examples.
"In the wrong hands the data could be misused," Hidalgo said. "But in scientists' hands you're trying to look at broad patterns.... We're not trying to do evil things. We're trying to make the world a little better."
Since when have scientist been concern with the good of humanity? History is littered with the so-called broad patterns scientist look for in dealing with human lab rats.
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