>I think we'll have sustainable cold fusion before I'm pretty sure that the Sun will destroy the Earth before we get cold fusion, because the latter is literal

>I think we'll have sustainable cold fusion before I'm pretty sure that the Sun will destroy the Earth before we get cold fusion, because the latter is literally impossible. >be directed towards say, solving Basic science is a thing. Hair is part of skin, and understanding how hair works is part of understanding how skin works. Both existing treatments for baldness (finasteride and minoxidil) were originally treatments for other conditions repurposed for hair loss. Bald men face a higher risk of skin cancer as well, which is hardly trivial: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijc.30395 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijc.30395 >Being bald has not stopped me So the funny thing about the baldness discussion is that we always talk about treating male-pattern baldness as a thing that primarily affects men's experience of life. But, in practice, women often choose to date men with hair in preference to men who are bald. By revealed preferences, we infer that women experience some kind of perceptual pleasure related to having a partner with hair. This is very rarely considered a meaningful endpoint.