4 karma · joined July 1, 2014
With the shock, I can totally see myself locked in a room with the device and trying to see if I could condition myself to not react to the shock. As long as I had some sense of safety (they have a doctor and some paddles on hand) I would take days seeing how far I could push myself.
And to be clear, I hate pain. But I love to conquer that which would make me weak.
As far as if ebola can get TO the western world, that is a 100% chance that it can. Primarily, because there is always an underground movement of goods and people, often women and children into and out of countries, regardless of official lockdowns. Think of it like drugs in prisons. There should be no place more free of drugs and alcohol, and yet it's easier to get drugs in prison than in my town. The conversation then is about the remaining requirements to 'spread'.
When we take a look at spreading of other lifeforms, say for instance seeds in Darwin's Origin of Species, dispersal is only a tiny part of the equation with spread being about not just buoyancy, but rather length of sustainability once the seed arrives at a barren landmass.
This is again consistent with man and Mars. We've gone there with robots, and will one day go there with people, but until we establish a foothold, we have not yet spread to Mars.
Regardless of whether the article addresses the point and only the question, all examples of life (and disputed forms of life in the form of virus), do not spread unless they take root.
func Describe("The system I want to Test"){
When("I click the red button")
Then("I should see the light turn on")
And("I should see 4 lights")
}
func Step("I click the red button"){
buttons["red"].click
}
func Step("I should see the light turn on"){
lights.on.should().be_true
}
func Step("I should see (\d+) lights"){
lights.count.should().be(4)
}