Re:What Dreams May Come
by theknown99 on Thursday March 13, 2014 @05:51AM
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IMHO we should focus on quality of life. Not quantity.
Yeah, dying from cancer sounds like a great life. You're just babbling.
Re:What Dreams May Come
by theknown99 on Thursday March 13, 2014 @06:52AM
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35 is too young, and I really do feel for anyone in that situation.
But cancer when you're over 60? That's basically just dying of old age...
It's still awful and hugely expensive and unpredictable. If you don't want anyone over 60, let's get people living healthy 'til 60 and then go all Logan's Run - it's horrifying, but only more horrifying than the current situation because we're a little bit used to the current situation. And maybe we'll find that we don't need to.
Even if we accepted that Earth is full, surely we don't just let all the poorest people die? And extending that reasoning, why treat any diseases at all?
The fact is that we could feed everyone and cure some of the biggest killers in the world today. These are not insoluble problems, they just aren't priorities for the richest nations because they're happening elsewhere.