A (brilliant) friend proposed that tolerance for the dissection of human cadavers should be considered a critical index of modernity. ...
... Both empirically and conceptually it seems to work impressively well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissection
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@Outsideness Used to tolerate butchering live bodies in torture and punishment, but not dead ones for curiosity. -
@whyvert The discovery of the corpse as a mechanical curiosity is something quite special. - 2 more replies
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@Outsideness Plus, yet another reason to love the Tibetan practice of sky burial. -
@mr_scientism Picked apart by vultures -- because science.
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@Outsideness human cadavers also used to train young surgeons. good surgeons usually those who trained on cadavers a lotThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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