Robotic Seal Brings Compassion To Societies With Diminished Social Skills

Science has finally found a way to manage society’s lack of interest in caring for the elderly (see cnn coverage here).  With a spiraling economy yielding a shortage of people with the time and energy to speak loudly and repeat everything they say, the breakthrough couldn’t have come at a better time.  Having skimmed the research supporting the impact of this breakthrough on a vast aging population, I paraphrase it thusly: “our study, composed of a robust sample of 14 elderly, shows brain waves increasing whenever Paro is around.  With the cost of caring an elderly or mentally ill person being very high, we propose replacing that human care with a robotic seal.”  People seem to be buying this argument.  According to CNN “Denmark is purchasing 1000 of them for its elderly”.