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- jack0943, on 10/29/2009, -1/+23Should be irradiating, surely? I find the image of NASA radiating monkeys to be.. amusing.
- Frankzulla, on 10/30/2009, -0/+14About time we started striking back.
- peestandingup, on 10/30/2009, -0/+10How long until the Matthew Broderick character develops an emotional connection with the monkeys, sets them free, they run amok, steal a plane & the smallest monkey flies them all to safety?
Cause that sounds like what this is. Please, for the love of God, tell me thats not what this is!! - yocouchdigga, on 10/30/2009, -1/+10Leave it alone, PETA... remember "28 Days Later"? Well, if you think that's bad, imagine the damage radioactive rage-zombies could do to the fabric of civilization.
- MercenarySlick, on 10/30/2009, -0/+9Their poo will be radioactive...
Radioactive monkeys throwing radioactive poo... is NASA intentionally trying to bring about the Apocalypse? - trolleyfan, on 10/30/2009, -0/+9"Spider-monkey Man, Spider-monkey Man, does whatever a spider-monkey can. Throws his poop, any size, peels a banana just like...a banana. Look out, here comes the Spider-monkey Man..."
- newms32, on 10/30/2009, -0/+8It's a shame we don't have Neandertals to do stuff like this with.
- shutaro, on 10/29/2009, -0/+7If you get bit by one, will you get super powers?
- ghostaliaz, on 10/30/2009, -1/+8NASA has to do what they have to do for the safety of our NASA astronauts. So let the radiation begin,Sorry Cute Monkey!
- rsmith32, on 10/30/2009, -0/+7what a coincidence, I watched the movie "Project X" on TV yesterday. It's about the air force irradiating trained chimps to see how long they can fly a simulator before dying. Matthew Broderick FTW
- lpoql, on 10/30/2009, -1/+7They're bringing back Project X? Someone call Matthew Broderick, Virgil's in trouble!
- yocouchdigga, on 10/30/2009, -0/+6No but Bruce Willis from the future will have to come back in time and try to save humanity from a terrible virus.
- newms32, on 10/30/2009, -0/+5mars base
- salinungatha, on 10/30/2009, -0/+4NASA after all, has a great record with primates :
"The first astronauts - as opposed to cosmonauts - were a pair of chimps, Enos and Ham. The poor tortured animals were given electric shocks to prompt them to manipulate spacecraft controls. Enos fell back on a natural coping mechanism - he masturbated at every opportunity, pulling out his catheter in order to do so. He earned the nickname “Enos the Penis” for his embarrassing habit of masturbating during NASA press conferences." - nwoolls, on 10/30/2009, -0/+3Yes - it's called Project X.
- RAAFStupot, on 10/30/2009, -0/+3I would call it 'going ape'.
- askantik, on 10/30/2009, -0/+3What I don't understand is that we consider these spider monkeys like us enough that the results from the study can be applied to humans, but they aren't like us enough for this to merit any morality issues.
- SPRFRKR, on 10/30/2009, -0/+3We should liberate the monkeys...
"***** yeah, we steal monkeys all the time. Right Lunch Box?" - newms32, on 10/30/2009, -1/+4Nope, that one isn't funny either.
- Frostek, on 10/30/2009, -0/+2Would never happen. Whilst chimps are insanely strong, they gain that strength at the loss of fine motor control.
- iferror, on 10/30/2009, -0/+2I am the biggest supporter of NASA and spaceflight of anyone I know, but this is not okay. Anybody seen Project X? It's instant view on netflix.
- partrow, on 10/30/2009, -1/+3Did you mean IRRADIATING ?
- bluekangaroo, on 10/30/2009, -0/+2Spidermonkeyman
- iheartbakon, on 10/30/2009, -0/+2Eat a dick.
- salinungatha, on 10/30/2009, -0/+2I'm pretty sure the answer to that is yes. Though I reckon they really just want to build a cool environ for FPS or RPG.
And lets face it, the one thing that was missing in Fallout 3 (and every other game) was Radioactive monkeys throwing radioactive poo.
System Shock 2 came close though. - Frostek, on 10/30/2009, -1/+3Because life's unfair and no one would volunteer for it.
- askantik, on 10/30/2009, -0/+2Scientifically demonstrated? Links, please. There is no way to "scientifically demonstrate" what a non-human animal is thinking (metacognition or your vaguley defined "higher cognitive functions"). Hell, I'll give you $1,000,000,000 if you can do it with a human being!
As for rationality, I think there are plenty of episodes in the animal kingdom that would seem to suggest rationality (learning by observing, tool usage, etc.).
"It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions." -Mark Twain - inactive, on 10/30/2009, -0/+1Heh.
- newms32, on 10/30/2009, -0/+1we watched that in social studies in jr high
- salinungatha, on 10/30/2009, -1/+2Thats not what this is*.
* may be a lie. - subliminalurge, on 10/30/2009, -1/+2It was called "Project X".
- Cyberdropping, on 10/30/2009, -1/+2"Start"? Who do they think they are *****?
- Snoogs, on 10/30/2009, -0/+11987 FTW!
- TrevorBelmont, on 10/30/2009, -0/+1Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey?
- BigGooseX, on 10/30/2009, -0/+1who knows? The monkeys might get superpowers and take over the Earth.
- Metasquares, on 10/30/2009, -0/+1Chuck Norris radiates monkeys.
- MisterRyanJames, on 10/30/2009, -0/+1I hate to be the one non-scientist to point this out.. but shouldn't we be radiating bears?
- Moralogic, on 10/30/2009, -1/+1Screw the spider monkeys, they need to go after the monkeys that steal people's beers and ***** at that one island. Their alcohol consumption to body weight is probably about the same as some of those astronauts when they were younger. Perfect test subjects once you get them clean.
- Ehmcee, on 10/30/2009, -2/+2Hmmm, spider monkeys. Calm, dark, soulful eyes and soft, downy like fur. Could they have picked a cuter animal? For PR purposes, they should have used condemned criminals, it would go over better. While NASA is at it, why don't they just throw baby koala bears into furnaces.
- mikejafo, on 10/30/2009, -1/+1Cool story, bro!
- inactive, on 10/30/2009, -1/+1There's no way this can end well.
- askantik, on 10/30/2009, -5/+4Doing this on humans (even consenting ones) is out of the question apparently, so why is ok to do it on animals that don't consent? I know I'll get buried, but it's a legitimate question. And "because humans are better" is not a valid argument nor is it representative of the scientific views that most people on Digg uphold.
- roddack, on 10/30/2009, -2/+1Jay: What if these super monkeys are a conspiracy like in the X-Files Roswell style. These monkeys could be the damn dirty apes responsible for the fall of the human race. In this world gone mad people won't spank the monkey the monkey will spank us and after the fall of man these monkey ***** will start wearing our clothes and rebuilding the world in their imagine. Oh and only those as super smart as me will be left alive to bitterly cry "you maniacs damn yous! god damn yous all to hell!"
- firesphotons, on 10/30/2009, -1/+0Oh contrare askantik, the USG ran plenty of tests regarding the effects of radiation on their own soldiers, thankfully, the practice has since gone out of style..
watch the atomic cafe someday.. - cfrye59, on 10/30/2009, -2/+1because Spider Monkeys, like all non-Human animals/organisms, can be scientifically demonstrated to lack metacognition, rationality, higher cognitive functions, etc.
- SirBruce, on 10/30/2009, -5/+4FUUUHK YOUUU MONKEEEEEE!!!!
- askantik, on 10/30/2009, -3/+1People who are sentenced to life in prison might.
- skipvt, on 10/30/2009, -3/+1The First Rule about Project Mayhem is that you do NOT ask questions about Project Mayhem.
- Myztry, on 10/30/2009, -4/+1Hmmmm. I remember a film where they trained chimps to fly simulators and then irradiated them to see how pilots may fair after a nuclear blast. I don't think it was "Project X" as I don't recognise anything I can find on it.
I remember the radiation exposure device being jammed by a fire extinguisher and they convinced one of the chimps to remove it by offering him a cigarette as he was addicted to them. All the chimps died but one "saved the day"...
Anyone know what it was called? -
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