[extropy-chat] War and technological progress

[BillK]

On 5/1/07, Thomas wrote:
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> Not completely off-topic since many of Bush's efforts have worked
> against the extropian, especially funding war at the expense of medical
> and technological progress.
>


Not true!
I have supported the proposition before that war funding vastly
increases technological and medical developments. Look at all the
stuff DARPA is funding.
WWII certainly generated a great leap forward in technology and medicine.
(The downside, of course, is that war tends to kill a lot of people).

Agreed that Bush has opposed funding some stem cell research, but that
was on religious grounds, nothing to do with the war funding.


BillK