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They will care more if you pay them instead, though.

Given how cheap some politicians are, a pro Canadian lobby could do wonders. If AIPAC can get so much influence for so little why not.

AIPAC bought the KY-04 seat by pumping so much money into shows demented boomers watch that they completely upset the usual primary voters in the state by getting truckload of demented people to show up from a 30 second sound blurb played over and over that Massie was selling out Kentucky to the democrats. This despite the fact the votes from last term's primary voters basically did not change at all.

It's actually mind blowing how effective AIPAC is. They managed to upset one of the most popular Republicans in the US house by a genius campaign at non-voting demented boomers by tricking them to believe probably the most conservative guy in the entire congress is secretly a Democrat.


Maybe you are not counting the products they kill.

A lot of the products they killed were promising, it's just that Google just has no stomach for investing in anything for the long haul if it's not going to either capture the entire market or prevent someone else from capturing the entire market.

How are they going to prevent stealing of genetic code? With copyright? See how that went with AI.

This is why you should never consent to DNA collection because they will just keep it and sell it later without paying you a cent.

You know what? Good. If there is something good in it they can have it. Probably not a whole lot in my case, but still, if this enables people to have better lives, let them go at it!

It's not good. They can sell it to insurance companies as well. Who might decide not to provide you with health insurance based on your genetic profile.

Yes, I agree that is not good. But that is a thing the people need to fight politically for to not be allowed. My main gripe is that OP's post sounded like screw the people who's lives that would improve because I wouldn't get paid for it.

Well you could grow a clone body and then use a brain transplant.

This is still within the science fiction territory, but much more realistic than fixing aging or an actual teleporter.

The brain would still be old, but it would probably benefit quite a lot from the new body's youthness.


We stopped using evolution for adaptation the moment we started using tools. Our brain size was the last "gift" from evolution. We have been on our own since then.


I stand corrected, thank you sir

what if it's only for the 10 wealthiest men in the world? Does it still sound enticing?

Yes. The 10 wealthiest men in the world in 1919 didn't have CT scans, ultrasound, dialysis, pacemakers, knee replacements, CPAP machines, asthma inhalers, air conditioning, or computers.

Perhaps the jawbone receding is just a way to make us less attractive, so we are less likely to procreate. Perhaps natural selection just wants us to die once we are out of teeth, and to remove our genes from the pool. It really doesn't care about individuals.

(I am aware that natural selection doesn't "want" or "care" about anything. It is just a convenient way to say it).


> is this life

Well it is probably more life than being dead.


"But there's no helmets in football... Oh, that football"

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