[ExI] 'Survival of the fittest' ??

[William Flynn Wallace]

There are those who put up convincing lies on the Web, with much enthusiasm
- and a fair number with what can be accurately termed malicious intent.
How would the public know which advice to trust?

And just how is that different from now, like in the area of nutrition?
Would you keep genetic knowledge secret?

Aspirin - are there genes for humor, spoilsport?

bill w

On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 6:18 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 4:04 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Do physicians make it difficult to get tubes tied?  In any case, there is
>> an easy answer to avoiding getting pregnant:  aspirin.  You hold it between
>> your knees.
>>
>
> That makes walking and going to the bathroom difficult (unless someone
> misunderstands and simply tapes the aspirin to one knee, keeping its
> position between the knees).  Also, it is entirely possible for a woman to
> have vaginal sex, leading to pregnancy, while keeping her knees together.
>
>
>> Why have doctors give the advice? Put knowledge on the web free for all
>> to learn.
>>
>
> There are those who put up convincing lies on the Web, with much
> enthusiasm - and a fair number with what can be accurately termed malicious
> intent.  How would the public know which advice to trust?
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