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Aside from that, the whole purpose of medicine is to prevent death and foster health/vitality . It’s literally there for that purpose specifically. Why research

• lm28469 6y ago
  > It’s literally there for that purpose specifically. Theoretically. It's also a massive money printing industry full of for profit companies with little to no scruples. The problem, again, isn't "What are the consequences of something in a perfect world, with morally perfect people who only want the best for humanity?", the problem is that every systems are corruptible and most are corrupted, playing god won't do any good in such a framework > Why research medicine at all if we don’t want to actually prevent death? Because it makes tons of money. That's why most companies prefer researching and selling symptoms relievers instead of cures. Spend any amount of time to research about the pharma industry and you'll quickly understand that it's not so much about "preventing death" and "foster health/vitality"
  • ben_w 6y ago
    The point of capitalism is to align the interests of those with no scruples with the interests of everyone else. How well it does this and what else might do better is a matter for frequent — and loud — debate, but it is certainly better aligned than the feudal setup which preceded it. Anyway, here is a link to some open-sourced generically engineered spider-silk producing yeast, to demonstrate that advanced cutting-edge biotech is getting to be as accessible as computing was getting in the 80s: https://youtu.be/2hf9yN-oBV4 https://youtu.be/2hf9yN-oBV4