Reality Checks: Ethics of Crowds, Horses and Facial Expressions, Cotton Candy Organs, and a Mold Problem at NASA

Elizabeth — February 11, 2016

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Why crowd sourcing ethical decisions is a bad idea. Hint: it’s because people are awful. (via Ars Technica)
Horses can differentiate between human facial expressions. (via Science Daily
NASA has mold on its suitcases. (via Reuters)
Human organs made with a cotton candy machine. (via Tech Times)

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Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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