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Humans have proven to be incapable of making real progress in science given the effort. Especially academia. We haven't cured many diseases and cancer when we s
by ramraj07 2mo ago
Humans have proven to be incapable of making real progress in science given the effort. Especially academia. We haven't cured many diseases and cancer when we should have (and no im not an amateur and yes I do believe we can "cure cancer". Debate me).
We already have a trillionaire, whats the difference? The only difference I see is that people who were previously rich, but considered themselves middle class, are now realizing they are actually poor just like the several billion humans around the worldanyway.
- combobyte 2mo agoWhat a miserable, misanthropic take
- atomicnumber3 2mo agoLet me illustrate why you are wrong: 800-400k years ago: humans intentionally create and control fire 300k years ago: humans become anatomically modern ~ now: all of astronomy, biology, medicine, vaccines, spaceflight, antibiotics, sanitization/sterilization, physics, chemistry, fission and fusion, electromagnetism......... I think we're on a decent pace if we can manage to not exterminate our species.
- roncesvalles 2mo agoMany cancers are "cured" in the sense that they're detectable and treatable. My grandmother lived 35 years longer than she would have by detecting breast cancer early and getting a mastectomy. There is currently a $800 SOTA blood test that can detect most cancers before any symptoms. Maybe a decade until it's a routine part of your annual blood test? Whole genome sequencing costed $2.7 billion in 2003. You can get it done today using a mailed kit for $400. HIV went from death sentence to all-but-cured in 50 years.
- throwaway7783 2mo agoIs this the Galleria test?
- roncesvalles 2mo agoYes