[MURG] Money making MURG idea--now pay me ;)!

[James Swayze]

Here's an idea for getting dollars for serious research with a not so serious
gimmick. Offer to upload people's dearly departed pets for continued
interaction with them via the internet. Of course real uploading of their pet
isn't possible yet so the fine print caveat, just like with the "Psychic
Hotline", is that it is for "Entertainment Purposes only". Go through the
motions of having the client obtain an fMRI at their own expense. Try to make
correlations between the fMRI data, possibly even a PET scan too (no pun
intended), since a PET scan may intimate (not imitate) patterns of behavior.
Take copious notes on the owner's and friends/family of the owner anecdotal
heresay of the former pet's behavior and obtain photos and videos.