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This is probably the only way "humans" are going to colonize any planets other than Earth. And probably lots of new places on Earth too. Just include the genes
by unsupp0rted 9mo ago
This is probably the only way "humans" are going to colonize any planets other than Earth. And probably lots of new places on Earth too.
Just include the genes for extreme-cold or extreme-arid climates. Or the genes for low oxygen environments, or even for metabolizing useful things from eating rocks. Or from spending 24 hours a day in salt water.
- wartywhoa23 9mo agoThe ease of this "just" is the most concerning thing in the context of humankind's survival.
- vee-kay 9mo agoThen I recommend you don't find out what "Project Molecule" intends to do.
- imzadi 9mo agoCare to enlighten? Google has nothing meaningful.
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- vee-kay 9mo ago*collusion
- 9dev 9mo agoThese files are a never ending quell of evilness. It’s really fascinating. One day people are going to realise the upper 1% are just that—very few….
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- mmooss 9mo agoFor the most part, they only have the power others give them.
- wartywhoa23 9mo agoSlight correction: the power others gave them a long time ago, and now nothing can help those others take it back without uprooting the whole civilization in the process. Current power is a malignant formation too advanced to heal without destroying the whole organism. Or so it seems, I'd really like to be wrong here.
- mmooss 9mo agoIt's not a slight correction, those claims are the exact problem - the propaganda of the powerful: Give up, there is nothing you can do. People in democracies can easily vote to change where power lies (that is, power lies ultimately with the citizens), if that's what they want, and it's not hard to see how: The current situation is highly unusual for democracies; there is a long history of what to do and how to do it. A major reason they don't do it is that they keep reading and believing they are powerless.
- vee-kay 9mo agoThe concept of "police" came up through "private militia" hired as. Most of the world enjoys 5-day workweek (40 hours work per week). But the world got this work schedule only due to workers (mostly working in mines and railways) and labor unionists who fought and died for favourable work conditions and fair working schedule. The rich elites even sent Pinkertons to assassinate the "rebel" leaders. It was Henry Ford who finally saw the writing on the wall, and he announced the 40-hours workweek in his company, and thus ushered in the modern era of work-life balance.
- wartywhoa23 9mo agoThanks for the heads-up!
- Windchaser 9mo ago>The ease of this "just" is the most concerning thing in the context of humankind's survival. Right? I wouldn't expect genes for heat/cold tolerance in other organisms to necessarily be useful in humans. They work by mechanisms that are useful for that organism, but humans have our own set of problems. It's like saying you can strap a jet engine on to a tractor and expect farm work to massively speed up. No: the machinery doesn't translate for a clean swap like that.
- Traubenfuchs 9mo agoOh if only science was not constrained by ethics. I can already see the people protesting against the creation of space marines.
- whycome 9mo agoNo laws on mars
- vee-kay 9mo agoScience has never been constrained by ethics. The same scientists who cry about ethics, have happily experimented on mice and guinea pigs in their labs, even if it causes the deaths or distress of those little sentient beings. Mutations/mutatives like Halo's Master Chief and Marvel's Super Soldier serum won't remain sci-fi for much longer, methinks.
- melagonster 9mo agoAnd save human life at the same time? Experiments are not just about torturing animals; people spend a lot of time optimizing for experiment design.
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- vee-kay 9mo agoHey, did you hear about the Volkswagen Monkeys? Volkswagen (the same megacorp that did the infamous Dieselgate/Emissionsgate scams) forced monkeys to inhale exhaust from its automobiles, to try to show that fumes from current models (the cars, not the monkeys) were less noxious than previous models. https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/sociology/20-of-the-most-unethical-scientific-experiments/ss-AA1U8fqH https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/sociology/20-of-the-most-u... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal I guess this cannot be termed as "torturing animals" in the "name of science". We humans also inhale vehicular exhaust fumes, don't we? Oh wait, I forgot. Monkeys don't drive cars. Or do they? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XW5NLeGEo94 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XW5NLeGEo94
- vee-kay 9mo agoIs there a gene to avoid getting addicted to doomscrolling? ;-)
- vee-kay 9mo agoRelevant and topical.. TikTok's 'Addictive Design' Found to Be Illegal in Europe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46911869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46911869 Gen Z less intelligent than millennials: How skipping books and doomscrolling are taking a toll on cognitive abilities: says Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/gen-z-less-intelligent-than-millennials-how-skipping-books-and-doomscrolling-are-taking-a-toll-on-cognitive-abilities/ar-AA1VOq8a https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/gen-z-less-intelligent-...
- krzat 9mo agoImagine if we could turn our bodies into perfect spheres, and then adjust genetic beauty preferences to match it.
- Windchaser 9mo agoSeems like a heat dissipation problem
- throwaway198846 9mo agoThere is no way it is just "just". And we should start from simpler stuff like vitamin B12, C and D.
- unsupp0rted 9mo agoEverything is “just” eventually. Just tell your car to drive you to the airport. On the way just tell it to play that song you like.
- wartywhoa23 9mo agoAlas, one's happiness (as in genuine inner wellbeing, as opposed to the consumption-based external one) is no "just" matter, and never will be.