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Cyborg insect ethics

January 25, 2018
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SFU Philosophy professor, Holly Andersen recently took part in a radio discussion on the ethics of radio-controlled insects with Scott Anderson (UBC) and Dennis Arellano from BCIT's Evolution Radio 107.9 

Listen in on her interview starting at 6'30" in this clip.

More about cyborg insects on Motherboard https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pgkv77/meet-the-cyborg-beetles-real-insects-that-are-controlled-like-robots and Live Science https://www.livescience.com/54233-scientists-turn-beetles-into-cyborg-insects.html

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