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How does taking a genetic sample turn someone into a lab rat? Once you have samples they get frozen at -80 indefinitely. There are not too many people on this
by possibilistic 16y ago
How does taking a genetic sample turn someone into a lab rat? Once you have samples they get frozen at -80 indefinitely.
There are not too many people on this earth yet either. My guess is that your analysis is coming from the wrong places. If there were too much human biomass, everything would be working to offset that equilibria. Granted our environmental impact is presently suboptimal, but that is changing as we see diminishing returns in existing methodologies.
Who says immortality will even look like you picture it? Try thinking about what the world will look like in ten years--how accurate do you think you'll be? Science wouldn't be science if we could figure it out ahead of time.
I am pursuing this line of research precisely to rebel againt this kind of attitude (no offense, of course).
Every one of us--our perspectives, acquired knowledge and experience--is invaluable. On the same order of importance as genetic diversity. Our planet likely only gets one shot at reaching the stars (evolution got rather lucky to find the intelligence gradient). One day we will (hopefully) all agree on this, perhaps that being when Hollywood stops being so misanthropic and people start to appreciate the human capacity.