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I didn’t suggest that anyone did. My point is that we can cure the disease by making a big effort. Do we want to cure the disease by 2100, 2075, 2050, or perha
by melling 2y ago
I didn’t suggest that anyone did. My point is that we can cure the disease by making a big effort.
Do we want to cure the disease by 2100, 2075, 2050, or perhaps 2040? Pick a year.
- ulfw 2y agoHow does picking a year cure a disease? That's not how research works.
- melling 2y agoIt’s about level of investment and effort.
- DougN7 2y agoAnd what about the myriad of cancers? Birth defects? Blindness? Parkinsons? ALS? Add to that poverty, malnutrition, starvation, wars… The problem is there is a limited amount of money, lab space, and researchers. Some pragmatism and realism is needed.
- melling 2y agoDon’t forget the $1 trillion in interest on the US debt. The ICE Bucket Challenge raised $115 million for ALS in 2014. Maybe more events like that? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge
- yawpitch 2y agoIt’s entirely possible that dementia isn’t a curable thing, though it might be mitigable. A few technocrats who think they’re living in the Altered Carbon timeline aside, cellular aging is probably just a fact of living in a body.
- hnlmorg 2y ago> I didn’t suggest that anyone did. My point is that we can cure the disease by making a big effort. We are making a big effort > Do we want to cure the disease by 2100, 2075, 2050, or perhaps 2040? Pick a year. That's not even remotely how research works. It's not like software engineering where the problem is known. We could find a cure tomorrow, or it might be in 2000 years time. We literally have no idea how long it would take. Moreover, research into unrelated things might even be the breakthrough needed for understanding and "curing" dementia.