[extropy-chat] Financial Times on transhumanism: The mostdangerousidea on earth?

Bret Kulakovich bret at bonfireproductions.com
Fri May 27 18:40:57 UTC 2005



I don't know, John - fetal surgery for spina bifida, treatment for 
pediatric leukemia, reversal of certain types of diabetes, the human 
trials of stem cell treatment for muscular dystrophy, organ transplant 
in general... not to mention 8 Molar glycerol!

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On May 27, 2005, at 1:47 PM, John K Clark wrote:

> <nvitamore at austin.rr.com> Wrote:
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>>  Good article, except:
>>  "... spreading from a handful of
>>  cranks and Star Trek fans into the mainstream and across the 
>> Atlantic..."
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> I would also have to have to disagree with the following statement:
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> "The astonishing advances in medicine over the past 20 years."
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> The advances in understanding how biology works has indeed been 
> astonishing
> but except for a few very rare diseases the advancement in medicine 
> has been
> tiny over the last 20 years. The last true breakthrough in medicine 
> happened
> more than 50 years ago with the invention of Penicillin, nothing since 
> has
> come close.
>
>  John K Clark
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