Russian Dog Experiment

[Jihadjoe]

Now, it's a little more interesting to think about why this video might have been broadcast in the first place. I've little doubt that while russian scientists were working on ideas such as this, the equipment required to make it actually work probably wasn't available. But this was the hieght of the cold war. Russia and America trying to constantly scientifically one-up each other.

"Hey look everyone in the west. We can cut something's head off and keep it alive. Give us a few years and we'll be freakin' immortal!"

"YEAH?!?!! Well... WE CAN GO TO THE MOON! BEAT THAT!"

While the cold war did bring some astonishing scientific advances, and scientists in both parts of the world furthering human undersstanding of the universe enourmously, there was also a lot of total crap broadcast to the other nation in order to scare them. I get the impression that nobody actually cut off a dog's head and kept it alive through the magic of science.

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