[extropy-chat] Popular Luddism

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Giu1i0 Pri5c0
> > Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Popular Luddism
> > 
> > 
> > True enough, but when science makes one's life personally easier,
> it
> > is not called science anymore. It becomes something so embedded in
> the
> > texture of everyday life that you take it for granted without
> thinking
> > twice, Most people do not like going to the dentist. They think it
> is
> > annoying but do not even imagine how it was a few centuries ago...
> 
> Ja, understatement Giu1i0.  I remember when a trip to the dentist
> was a loooot worse than it is today, and Im only 43.  Techniques
> have improved noticeably in that short time, altho I am not sure
> what they are doing differently since then.  Perhaps the anesthetics
> have improved, or they use smaller needles?

Cheaper synthetic diamonds for drill tips makes for more comfortable
drilling/grinding/polishing, anasthetics for pain take effect sooner,
among other things.

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Mike Lorrey
Chairman, Free Town Land Development
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                         -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


	
		
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