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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by quickthrower2 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @06:56AM (#34079483)
True, and this is why ants and cockroaches are more “evolved“ than humans. (although is it the being or the gene?) But humans can conceive bigger goals: we could genetically engineer new beings, and replace natural gestation with something else. These are untenable ideas but in 100 yrs ethics might change and the temptation to change how we and things evolve would be there.
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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by 2000UltraDeluxe on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @07:00AM (#34079530)
Absolutely, hence the remark about totalitarian states; such ideas aren't compatible with currently mainstream views.
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