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Phoenix5869 t1_je3gi3f wrote
Reply to Phage therapy in aging by TheRappingSquid
i’m not an expert so i could be wrong, but i don’t think it works like that. Bacteriophages are specially designed to seek and destroy bacteria, and i don’t think they will work on cells. Could be wrong tho
Gubekochi t1_je3gbaz wrote
Reply to comment by dickinsauce in Printed organs becoming more useful than bio ones by TheRappingSquid
I don't see how your ignorance/google ineptitude really has anything to do with me... and why I should be given homework to compensate for your apparent lazyness... so I'll give you the first result on my google research:
That would be S. Korea.
Also, (bonus down the google research) the EU Charter of Fundamental rights has it so Citizens of any European country that recognize that Charter as valid would have a right to health care even if their country doesn't specify it in it's own constitution. So there's that too.
Lastly, it was an intentional use of the meme, but IF I had brain worms, I could get my head checked for free since I don't live in a third world country.
Ok-Restaurant8690 t1_je3fz9c wrote
Reply to comment by Aeromarine_eng in What science and technology should be here already (2023) but isn’t? by InfinityScientist
That was a fun read. Thank you.
I thought Reich invented the cloudbuster already, though. /s
LakesideTrey t1_je3fmh4 wrote
Reply to comment by DeathGPT in What science and technology should be here already (2023) but isn’t? by InfinityScientist
In order to prevent tornados you would have to be able to regulate air temperature over huge areas. That is much harder than a supercomputer and more advanced than what we have now.
I think the lack of significant investment in geoengineering is simply due to the fact no one with a lot of money wants to "waste it" on a risky investment.
_Mewg t1_je3fjo8 wrote
Reply to comment by Inevitable_Syrup777 in Technology Addiction Has Created a Self-Help Trap by HorrorCharacter5127
....what is this ai and how do I get started?
AdTypical6494 t1_je3fcvs wrote
Reply to comment by spisHjerner in Former Google engineer predicts humans will achieve immortality within eight years by dustofoblivion123
"We are actually no longer trending for overpopulation. "
In November 2022, more than 8 billion people lived on Earth for the first time, according to the United Nations.
The Effects of Overpopulation
More people means an increased demand for food, water, housing, energy, healthcare, transportation, and more. And all that consumption contributes to ecological degradation, increased conflicts, and a higher risk of large-scale disasters like pandemics.
This are the real problems for mankind.
LakesideTrey t1_je3f60x wrote
Reply to comment by m4hdi in What science and technology should be here already (2023) but isn’t? by InfinityScientist
Many governments on earth partake in it to a certain extent "seeding" clouds to fertilize crops more efficiently.
NoSoupForYouRuskie t1_je3f2r7 wrote
Reply to comment by LakesideTrey in What science and technology should be here already (2023) but isn’t? by InfinityScientist
Look around. Idk about you but I'm not jaded anymore. This planets fucked and all we care about is the moment.
Gubekochi t1_je3f1dc wrote
Reply to comment by dickinsauce in Printed organs becoming more useful than bio ones by TheRappingSquid
Justice is made up. Good and evil is made up. Those are all concepts that mean different things to different people from different time and culture. It means what it means.
When I say something is a right, it is meant as "in a proper society, it should be treated with the same importance we give to other rights".
Nothing has inherent meaning. Meaning is something we construct to not go insane from a meaningless universe because our brain has evolved to recognize patterns as a way to improve our chances of survival and has gotten too good at it for our own comfort.
LakesideTrey t1_je3eyu5 wrote
Reply to comment by NoSoupForYouRuskie in What science and technology should be here already (2023) but isn’t? by InfinityScientist
Most first world countries gearing up for a baby bust and possible demographic crisis due to low fertility rates. The U.N predicts the global population will begin reduction by 2086. I doubt we will be hitting 100 billion on earth anytime soon.
Plus, even if your point is right, if something is replaceable that doesn't mean you actively destroy it. If the human population is replaceable that doesn't mean those in power want to destroy it.
NoSoupForYouRuskie t1_je3e9g1 wrote
Reply to comment by LakesideTrey in What science and technology should be here already (2023) but isn’t? by InfinityScientist
Nah. They are replaceable. What part of 8 billion alive and 100 billion more on the way. At some point we might even find out about "modern population control".
NoSoupForYouRuskie t1_je3e2j4 wrote
Advanced artificial intelligence probably is. Unless they are being completely honest, usually the military copies and reverse engineers stuff like this pretty quickly. Think any chemical ever designed. They are probably worried we will abuse it so it's running around on its own separate internet. We get the downgraded version lol. If that bastards connects to the WWW. Think Diaboromon. Except yknow real.
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DonQuixBalls t1_je3do9x wrote
Reply to comment by garlicroastedpotato in The Swiss hypersonic hydrogen jet aiming to fly between Europe and Australia in 4 hours by mancinedinburgh
It's a monumental distinction. Petroleum is energy that was created 66-250 million years ago. 100% of commercial hydrogen was created in your lifetime, but about as likely within the last year.
If you generate electricity and transmit it for use in a car battery, you end up with at least 70-80% of it going to the wheel. With hydrogen, that same electricity results in only 25-30% making it to the wheel.
The only thing that makes that 25-30% improve is by scrapping electrolysis (the only green hydrogen available) in favor of reformed natural gas, which is just fossil fuel with extra steps and less efficiency.
So the alternative to battery electric powertrains is building 3x as many power plants to use hydrogen, or using more fossil fuel. Neither of those are the solution we're looking for.
DeathGPT t1_je3dm3z wrote
Reply to comment by LakesideTrey in What science and technology should be here already (2023) but isn’t? by InfinityScientist
Yes, but they won’t go out of their way to prevent natural disasters as it fuels political discourse even when the technology for super computers is here, pretty sure they could handle tornado and rain but they won’t. There’s many ideas in the scientific community for resolving tornados and other natural disasters but they won’t even attempt it.
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spisHjerner t1_je3devb wrote
Reply to comment by AdTypical6494 in Former Google engineer predicts humans will achieve immortality within eight years by dustofoblivion123
> climate change is everywhere
Humans are everywhere, right now. It is that our physical bodies can't survive too much fluctuation. We'll see reduction in food supply as well. We are actually no longer trending for overpopulation. Many countries report a rapid decline. We are not producing offspring like before. And our mortality rate is declining. So, as less places become inhabitable, with less people able and willing to procreate, we're actually going to experience a sudden drop off in human population. This true-human population decline will be accelerated as human-ai hybridization increases.
TarTarkus1 t1_je3d711 wrote
Reply to comment by imakenosensetopeople in Former Google engineer predicts humans will achieve immortality within eight years by dustofoblivion123
Yeah, I'd say that this is unfortunately more likely to happen than not. Especially given how ChatGPT is currently privatized.
LakesideTrey t1_je3d456 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in What science and technology should be here already (2023) but isn’t? by InfinityScientist
The government (and elite in general) don't want to kill poor people. Day laborers are what fuel the economy and keep them wealthy.
Low-Restaurant3504 t1_je3cxgt wrote
Reply to comment by faeduster in Single parent homes are the result of power grab by the neoliberal technocracy due the crossing of the singularity. by practical_ussy
Really is it's own indictment, isn't it?
NecessaryCelery2 t1_je3ctce wrote
Reply to Phage therapy in aging by TheRappingSquid
I am not sure, I think several gene therapies in the work and it's worth looking how they target cells. I know the Covid vaccines too were supposed to target some and not other cells.
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Reply to comment by Vince1128 in What science and technology should be here already (2023) but isn’t? by InfinityScientist
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Galactus_Jones762 OP t1_je3byqo wrote
Reply to comment by AnonFor99Reasons in Unmasking Fear and Greed: The Real Reason We Disagree About the Future by Galactus_Jones762
I agree 100% but I’m not doing that.
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Reply to What science and technology should be here already (2023) but isn’t? by InfinityScientist
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