[extropy-chat] 140 year old Castro?

[Jeff Davis]

Even western/capitalist science is subject to
over-hype, so a well tuned bogosity meter is useful no
matter the source.

That said, I have heard, but cannot verify, that Cuba
has some degree of achievement in biotech.  Thus one
might reasonably ask if the claim made by Dr. Eugenio
Abdo originates from some degree of expertise not
widely published/known in the US?  Does anyone have
hard specifics on the state of Cuban biotech
capability?  

Setting aside ideological issues--frayed, antique, and
perhaps by now somewhat quaint--this should be a
matter of genuine interest to transhumanists. 
Similarly, technological capability is likely (my
opinion) a more significant factor for a society's
future importance than political stripe.  YMMV.

Best, Jeff Davis

   "Everything's hard till you know how to do it."
                           Ray Charles

--- Trend Ologist <trendologist at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> AFP
> 
> One of Fidel Castro's physicians, Eugenio Abdo, said
> after 78 year old Castro's stairway fall in Cuba, a
> tumble fracturing his right arm and left knee, that
> with "the scientific progress and advances in embryo
> stem cells" Castro is "heading for 140 (years), I am
> not exaggerating" explained Abdo.
> 
> Sounds like Commie propaganda to me.
> 
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