Colin Blakemore does terrible things to kittehz. For science!

[srgrimm13156]

It appears their vision return to some form of normalcy after being exposed to a standard environment within a few days, Personally I don't see the harm done. I'm actually relieved to know that the vision was mostly restored. Other neuroscience books led me to believe this was a permanent impairment. Nice video...thanks.

[EddieAlda]

If he is prepared to get his eyes stitched up as well, I believe many people would respect him. A person should never inflict pain on another living being. If this man cannot feel compassion and try to be in the shoes of the animal he is torturing then he can rot in hell. We dont need scientists like this.

[steveasat2]

@EddieAlda Well, to clarify: he inflicted no pain on the cats nor tortured them in any way. Even in 1970, you needed to pass an Ethics Review Board to get funding. The cats simply had a very unusual upbringing that had profound effects on their vision, but they did not suffer on account of it. Experimenters work closely with their animals and usually develop great affection for them. I doubt Blakemore was deficient in the compassion department.

[steveasat2]

@melifyable To be fair, what Blakemore proved by this experiment pushed neuroscience ahead tremendously, and the cats were not in any way tormented by their unusual upbringing. As domesticated animals, they would never have to hunt their own meals, so the real-world effects wouldn't be serious. They'd just be more likely than most cats to do that head-tilting thing when they look at something.

[BigHashTouraj]

@dpattiris yea i heard from bio teacher that scientists are just nuts

[BigHashTouraj]

now let those fucked up cats breeds. muahh!!. also i thought you're supposed to give em latin names when you're doing an experiment

[steveasat2]

@BigHashTouraj Breed? You're drifting dangerously close to Lamarckism, there. The offspring would be normal, I believe.

Not sure about that Latin names thing, but it would certainly make the lab more fun. "Ignacio! Gomez! Today we determine whether you can in fact eat an invisible cheezburger."

[BigHashTouraj]

@steveasat2 hope they got mutated that's all. i meant scientific names you know in latin. know it all.

[mysticdaisy]

@steveasat2 It depends. If the young kittens are raised by their mother, then it is quite likely that the mother would engage them in more horizontal ways, or some such, and they could end up also abnormal. Additionally, there are various kinds of epigenetic effects which essentially do pass on traits that have changed during the lifetime of the parent. I have no good reason to believe that the organization of the striate cortex would be one of those in any way, but maybe something like that.

[burningfajitasalt]

interesting..

[exc390]

This is animal abuse to the utmost inhumane shame of the human race!

[CMPr0ductions]

@exc390 stfu youre a fucking pussy

[jeman94]

jesus christ......