Posted on 04/24/2009 10:26:38 AM PDT by neverdem
Edited on 06/15/2011 12:14:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Stem-cell scientists are caught up in fictional friend network — but no-one knows why.
In September 2008, Forbes science editor Matthew Herper and former Washington Post reporter Rick Weiss appeared together on a panel at the World Stem Cell Summit in Madison, Wisconsin. In late February, Herper received an invitation to 'friend' Weiss on the Internet social-networking site Facebook. On the basis of their acquaintance, Herper accepted, noticing that a number of other people involved with stem cells were listed as friends on Weiss's profile. However, that profile — and many of those it was linked to — was a fake.
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oh pity the stem cell folks. are these the same that lobbied politicians to allow more abortions becuase that would allow more stem cells for research. are these teh folks benifiting from the california stem cell funding on my dime???
no pity here that their id is cloned, hahahahahah
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I think the article misses the irony of these scientists that are working on cloning (one possible outcome of the stem cell research) being “cloned” on Facebook.
Everyone who’s had their identities faked on MySpace and Facebook have grounds for a class-action suit, but I’m sure there aren’t any lib-lawyers ready to take the cases.
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