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Re:The Moral Economy of Tech by mellifulation on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @07:39PM (#12005661)
>pick an argument in Maciej's post ("techies shouldn't be trying to cure death") and rebutting it

What argument? All Ceglowski offers in this article with regard to life extension is his bald assertion that such projects are 'delusional'. There's nothing there to rebut.

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Re:The Moral Economy of Tech by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @07:41PM (#12005673)
> What argument? All Ceglowski offers in this article with regard to life extension is his bald assertion that such projects are 'delusional'. There's nothing there to rebut.

Stating that a claim should be disregarded because it is presented as a bald assertion without support is a rebuttal.

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Re:The Moral Economy of Tech by mellifulation on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @08:19PM (#12005817)
You're right, but only in the most point-missingly literal sense.
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