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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
There is some scientific evidence for the idea of whole blood transfusions as a longevity treatment, although there have been no studies in human subjects that I know of. The ethics of something like that are kind of wack, obviously. But if you have enough money and only give a shit about yourself...
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"![]()
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Historically, you get super high inflation when production collapses, not when you print money. The French army marches in and occupies your coal mines, so all industry grinds to a halt. The government tries to keep buying stuff by printing money, but it cannot mobilize any production, because, well, the French army is still sitting on the coal mines, so all it does is drive the nominal prices of the remaining productive economy through the roof.
Lesson here is not "Money printing is the problem" it is "Do not get your key industrial infrastructure occupied by the French".
Edited by Izeinsummer on Feb 14th 2019 at 4:28:31 AM
It might as well be a zero sum game when you say it's fine if policies fuck over the poor and increase wealth inequality if it prevents climate change.
Case in point was that the example in question was literally dumping pollutants on poor and minority groups.
No, but most developed countries have a top heavy demographic pyramid, and the dependency ratio that results in is a significant drag on particularly old countries like Japan. Medical interventions targeting aging would improve late life health across the board, but since people don't die of old age persay (they die of the ill health associated with old age), longer and eventually indefinite lifespans would be a direct consequence of that.
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Compared to the baseline of 4+ degrees warming, the poor are still better off in that scenario by virtue of not starving to death, and regardless of whether they're government run or not, any program that effectively combats climate change is likely going to increase wealth gaps. In fact the "left wing" policies will probably have a more significant impact on quality of life gaps, in the sense that they'd make cars and meat luxuries only the wealthy could afford.
Edited by CaptainCapsase on Feb 14th 2019 at 8:04:02 AM
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Your body decays at a rate determined significantly by genetic factors regardless of your lifestyle. You can certainly make things worse by your choices, but even if you make all the best choices, you're still limited by your genetic clock. Increased natural longevity has been a human dream since almost as long as human culture has existed, and while we've found lots of ways to prevent and treat disease, we keep running into this pre-programmed self-destruct button built into our biology.
It's hardly strange to think that scientists would be researching ways of overcoming those natural limitations, or that people with a lot of money and power might seek unethical methods of living longer. Indeed, whole blood transfusions have been an idea in science fiction long before they had any support in medical science — for one example, see Methuselah's Children, by Robert A. Heinlein. (In that story, they use cloned blood, not "donated" blood — and later, they use cloned tissue transplants to essentially replace your body parts as they wear out.)
Edited by Fighteer on Feb 14th 2019 at 8:08:37 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Anyway,politics
Huh so Warren received a standing ovation
when she visited a Native American conference,glad to see they didn't bear too many hard feelings over the heritage claims,or least her suprise visit was a lucky one
Edited by Ultimatum on Feb 14th 2019 at 1:06:27 PM
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There's some factual errors with what you're saying there. The big one is that there's very little evidence these days that aging is a genetically programmed process in mammals, and that's besides the point since biological systems are vastly more complicated than just the genome, which is a problem I notice people with computer science backgrounds tend to make a lot when they try to talk about biology.
People don't die at 80 or even 120 because of some genetically (or otherwise) programmed "self destruct" switch, they die for the same* reason a car generally stops working if it goes without maintenance for an extended period of time.
* Well, sort of. Mechanical wear and tear is only an issue with post-mitotic tissues and sometimes only on timescales far longer than the human lifespan. One estimate is that we’re it not for the whole support system around them collapsing, neurons could last 400+ years before random attrition significantly impaired brain function. Now, that’s a rather back of the envelope educated guess at best, but most of the neurons in the brain are still intact at the time of death for elderly people not suffering from a neurodegenerative disorder.
Edited by CaptainCapsase on Feb 14th 2019 at 8:48:20 AM
Trump’s DHS Guts Task Forces Protecting Elections From Foreign Meddling ‘It’s very curious why the leadership has not committed resources to prepare for the 2020 election,’ one Homeland Security official tells The Daily Beast.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-dhs-guts-task-forces-protecting-elections-from-foreign-meddling
Push for Medicare buy-in picks up with '50 and over' bill – The plan would enable people between ages 50 and 65 to buy a private Medicare plan and obtain the same tax credits.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/13/medicare-bill-health-care-1167664
Edited by sgamer82 on Feb 14th 2019 at 6:40:42 AM
...should've potholed in the Joking Mode, sorry for the derailing.
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Klobuchar by far, followed by Gillibrand, her immigration issues never truly bothered me. I used to want Warren based on policies, but I'd like a candidate who can beat Trump above all else.

> Isn't he the madman who thinks blood transfussions will make him immortal or some shit like that?
He may or may not be a vampire with thinking like that..
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