EPTHer parents say they wouldn't cure her if they could. Really selfish considering the child has no choice in the matter.
16 year old baby
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JadeFist
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Her parents say they wouldn't cure her if they could. Really selfish considering the child has no choice in the matter. | ||
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LordWeird
United States3411 Posts
It's incredible and incredibly tragic. | ||
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Grobyc
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Drium
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JadeFist
United States1225 Posts
On September 30 2009 07:06 Lysdexia wrote: How is it selfish that her parents accept her condition and love her the way she is? I'm not saying their acceptance is selfish. I'm saying the fact that they would not consider curing her is selfish. | ||
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YPang
United States4024 Posts
On September 30 2009 07:06 Lysdexia wrote: How is it selfish that her parents accept her condition and love her the way she is? some people are just as fucked up as the baby itself. | ||
micronesia
United States24613 Posts
Huhuhu! On September 30 2009 07:05 Grobyc wrote: Related... ? Yeah I thought of the same thing actually haha. There was almost no scientific information offered in that video which is pretty lame. When they say she doesn't age, what do they mean? In order for her to survive she has to age at least in some respects (related to cell functions). | ||
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KwarK
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sung_moon
United States10110 Posts
edit: when i saw the title of it i was thinkign of a 16 year old with an angry/funny tirade. | ||
OneOther
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Lucktar
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On September 30 2009 07:30 Kwark wrote: It'd be kind of cool if her younger sister took over looking after her after the parents die and then her children or whatever indefinitely. Kinda like a family pet. I lol'd, but I think you're going to hell. | ||
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Athos
United States2484 Posts
Oh and at first I thought she would be able to talk but it's sad that her brain doesn't develop at all. :/ | ||
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Empyrean
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Ewwwwwwwwwww.......... | ||
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Seupr_Tolrl
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Freyr
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On September 30 2009 07:10 micronesia wrote: I was expecting this thread to be about GTR. Huhuhu! Yeah I thought of the same thing actually haha. There was almost no scientific information offered in that video which is pretty lame. When they say she doesn't age, what do they mean? In order for her to survive she has to age at least in some respects (related to cell functions). Yeah - it wasn't entirely clear as to whether she simply fails to develop into an adult human or she literally doesn't age. The latter implies that she is immune to (or somehow copes with) the damage and waste accumulation normally associated with the aging process. This seems very unlikely. What it seems like they are proposing is that much of aging is just as much a part of the genetically determined human life cycle as growing is - meaning, your genes predetermine that you become decrepit and consequently die (the evolutionary argument for this would be so that you'd allow resources for new generations). I didn't even know this was seriously considered a possibility. Given the case for aging cause by accumulation of waste and damage a genetic component seems superfluous. It seems that throughout much of human evolution much of the population would never have survived to die of old age, so if that's true it might be unlikely that enough of the population could live to old age such that an aging process could have been selected for. | ||
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KwarK
United States42180 Posts
On September 30 2009 07:37 Lucktar wrote: I lol'd, but I think you're going to hell. I wasn't joking. People do it with tortoises and they're smarter than babies. Lets face it, babies are like animals except harder to house train. | ||
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Mikilatov
United States3897 Posts
On September 30 2009 07:44 Athos wrote: I'd like to see what she looks like at age 90. Oh and at first I thought she would be able to talk but it's sad that her brain doesn't develop at all. :/ Yeah, it's really freaking strange. I'm curious to how long she is expected to naturally live? | ||
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andiCR
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LordWeird
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SanguineToss
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Snet
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Deleted User 3420
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On September 30 2009 07:09 JadeFist wrote: I'm not saying their acceptance is selfish. I'm saying the fact that they would not consider curing her is selfish. yeah, and I agree completely what a weird life. so.... do scientists have any sort of understanding of why this person doesn't age mentally? | ||
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
On September 30 2009 08:46 travis wrote: yeah, and I agree completely what a weird life. so.... do scientists have any sort of understanding of why this person doesn't age mentally? Mental development is connected to the physical development of the brain. If the brain, along with the rest of her body, does not develop, she will remain a child. | ||
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Deleted User 3420
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On September 30 2009 08:50 Freyr wrote: Mental development is connected to the physical development of the brain. If the brain, along with the rest of her body, does not develop, she will remain a child. yeah but by 9 months or however old, the human brain is developed enough that she should be able to learn and grow mentally. and the brain does not develop like the body does. the brain develops based upon experiences as well as genetics. retarded people still learn. an infant brain still learns. | ||
l10f
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micronesia
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On September 30 2009 08:55 travis wrote: yeah but by 9 months or however old, the human brain is developed enough that she should be able to learn and grow mentally. and the brain does not develop like the body does. the brain develops based upon experiences as well as genetics. retarded people still learn. an infant brain still learns. I think she is in some ways slightly above children of the age where she stopped aging mentally, but overall her experiences aren't enough for her to get much from her current level of mental development.... it is more grim than you think. | ||
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aeroH
United States1034 Posts
"...how long she might have ahead of her" | ||
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enthusiast
United States90 Posts
Do you really think she cares? Rather, do you really think it cares? Fuck no. The family is just executing whatever emotional acrobatics are necessary to come to terms with the fact that they got fucked over hard by nature -- fucked over way harder than that little big girl. Maybe that's selfish, but my main point is that it's hard to be selfish when one party involved doesn't really possess a self. Even if the parents got fed up and decided to make her someone else's problem, I don't consider that selfish so much as pragmatic. | ||
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Deleted User 3420
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On September 30 2009 09:05 enthusiast wrote: I see where people are coming from saying that it is selfish that they don't want to change her, but I think I disagree. Do you really think she cares? Rather, do you really think it cares? Fuck no. The family is just executing whatever emotional acrobatics are necessary to come to terms with the fact that they got fucked over hard by nature -- fucked over way harder than that little big girl. Maybe that's selfish, but my main point is that it's hard to be selfish when one party involved doesn't really possess a self. Even if the parents got fed up and decided to make her someone else's problem, I don't consider that selfish so much as pragmatic. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Now if you would have others leave you as someone who can never be independent, never adapt or learn, have 2-way relationships or communicate - then not curing her would not be selfish. But if you would have others cure you and change these things for you, then not curing her would be selfish. Maybe we disagree on that it thinks and feels. It does think and feel, right? Or at bare minimum, feels? | ||
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caldo149
United States469 Posts
 BaByhe is 16 in Korean =P | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On September 30 2009 07:30 Kwark wrote: It'd be kind of cool if her younger sister took over looking after her after the parents die and then her children or whatever indefinitely. Kinda like a family pet. Wtf is wrong with you? | ||
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Mastermind
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masami.sc
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arcology
United States92 Posts
but seriously, it's strange that she doesn't get any smarter either, as if her brain doesn't allow the learning of new material | ||
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Achromic
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On September 30 2009 10:34 arcology wrote: omg, it holds the secret to immortality! but seriously, it's strange that she doesn't get any smarter either, as if her brain doesn't allow the learning of new material Thank you. Immortality my ass, the news exaggerate everything. Everyone has a lifespan, and so does that baby. | ||
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sob3k
United States7572 Posts
This whole thing is just news sensationalism. | ||
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Cloud
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Sadly some creatures just were really unlucky when they were born and thats just life. | ||
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Mobius
Canada1268 Posts
Feel bad for the girl ): Looks like shes pretty loved though | ||
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XeliN
United Kingdom1755 Posts
On September 30 2009 08:21 LordWeird wrote: I wonder what Roman Polanski thinks of this. rofl | ||
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Sadistx
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AtlaS
United States1001 Posts
on a more related note, that video with the girl and the 2 faces was incredible to see. i just wish the videos would include more medical information. | ||
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lazz
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