# Do suicide bombers and bystanders feel pain?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-suicide-bombers-and-bystanders-feel-pain/817148>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 2, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-suicide-bombers-and-bystanders-feel-pain/817148 "2018-07-02T09:06:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-suicide-bombers-and-bystanders-feel-pain/817148/21 "2018-07-03T05:00:18Z")

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> [@jtur88](#):
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> I never said “randomly”.

My apologies. How do you suggest these test subjects be selected?

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**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-suicide-bombers-and-bystanders-feel-pain/817148/22 "2018-07-03T05:09:34Z")

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> [@raventhief](#):
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> My apologies. How do you suggest these test subjects be selected?

Particularly the human test subjects you mentioned.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-suicide-bombers-and-bystanders-feel-pain/817148/23 "2018-07-03T05:18:44Z")

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> [@jtur88](#):
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> Again, sensitivity trumps science. There are many things that could be established by science, but various antivivesectionist leagues intervene.
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> Electrodes could bed hooked up to test subjects, and then the readings observed remotely when they feel extreme pain. Then blow the subjects up and compare the electrode impulses. However. such a test has never been administered by legitimate science, because the politically correct number of test subjects (both human and mammalian) consistently wallows in the zero range.

**Moderator Note**

While perhaps meant as a joke (although one in extremely bad taste), this verges on trolling. **jtur88** , given your previous warnings I would suggest you steer well clear of making more such posts.

> [@raventhief](#):
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> It’s because of those damn PC police isn’t it. Otherwise we’d be randomly blowing people up in the name of SCIENCE!

> [@jtur88](#):
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> I never said “randomly”.

> [@raventhief](#):
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> My apologies. How do you suggest these test subjects be selected?

> [@raventhief](#):
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> Particularly the human test subjects you mentioned.

This being the case, let’s drop the hijack.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-suicide-bombers-and-bystanders-feel-pain/817148/24 "2018-07-03T05:24:27Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> **Moderator Note**
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> While perhaps meant as a joke (although one in extremely bad taste), this verges on trolling. **jtur88** , given your previous warnings I would suggest you steer well clear of making more such posts.
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> This being the case, let’s drop the hijack.
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> Colibri  
> General Questions Moderator

Sorry, it’s dropped.

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