The Masking Conundrum

THE CONUNDRUM OF EUTHANASIA

the conundrum of euthanasia

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The prostate cancer conundrum.

In 2003, the American Cancer Society estimates that 220 900 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and that 28 900 will die from this disease (1). Since the introduction of testing for prostate-specific antigen (PSA), the incidence of prostate cancer has increased, whereas the mortality from this disease has decreased. During the early 1990s, mortality from prostate cancer peaked in the Uni...

The dual-use conundrum.

SCIENTISTS ARE INCREASINGLY ABLE TO CREATE GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISMS WHOSE properties are perceived as being benefi cial as well as potentially useful for malevolent purposes. In 2004, a committee of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences adopted the term “dual use” for instances in which genetic or biosynthetic manipulations create new microorganisms, which, although valuable scientif...

The Ultimatum Conundrum

We have developed software that adapts the techniques used by game playing computer programs to the problem of negotiating good deals. In every test case, this strategy recommends making an ultimatum. On examining the protocol, we found that it is equivalent to a standard form of the bargaining game, which has an ultimatum as the Nash equilibrium. In practice, this strategy is unlikely to lead ...