- "unwanted pregnancy, but solves most other sexual hazards": The failure rate for condoms is "18 or more pregnancies per 100 women in a year" http://www.cdc.g

- "unwanted pregnancy, but solves most other sexual hazards": The failure rate for condoms is "18 or more pregnancies per 100 women in a year" http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/UnintendedPregnancy/PDF/Contraceptive_methods_508.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/UnintendedPregnancy/PD... - flu, most of the common diseases wiped out: "Threat of flu pandemics has increased recently" http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/1/05-0983_article.htm http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/1/05-0983_article.htm "Common Infectious Diseases Worldwide" http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0903696.html http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0903696.html - "People are using binary logic to program bacteria to kill disease." Are you? I'm not. Anyone else here doing this and using it to help any population (white mice don't count)? - "If any organ in my body has a problem it can be replaced with a donor version." "Each day, about 77 people receive organ transplants. However, about 18 people die each day waiting for transplants that can't take place because of the shortage of donated organs." http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/organ-donation.html http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fa... So your chances in the USA are about 81% that you'll get an organ transplant. After that how long will you live (w/o regard to quality of life)? Well, it's organ-dependent. Kidneys might last 20 years, but for hearts the 10-year survival rate is 55%: http://www.nmh.org/nm/heart-transplantation-overview http://www.nmh.org/nm/heart-transplantation-overview -"Humans without legs can compete at the Olympic level against humans with healthy legs." The only person I know of who has benefited in this respect from technological advancement is Pistorius. So make that "one human (Pistorius) without legs, in some running events,..." and I'll agree. Other disabled Olympians made it on sheer determination (no high-tech required): http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/08/11-disabled-olympians/ http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/08/11-disabled-olympians/ "Quadriplegics not only survive, but can have a surprising level of autonomy." I'd like to hear quadriplegics' take on this. Remove the government support system and they're all gone in 5 days. Is that autonomy? This isn't technology; it's determination and the charitable nature of our society. "Yeah, with the right kind of funding, we can have that in 10 years": Well, then, how's the "war on cancer" doing, other than sucking taxpayer's money down a corporate drain, paying for doctors' Mercedes and Rio trips and creating a government bureaucracy that will have people voting for politicians based on the state of their gall-bladders instead of on their personal freedoms? "Give me a heart transplant or give me death!" hardly seems an appropriate political slogan, but that's where we're headed. Sure there's been progress but lay off the sugar donuts.