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Comment Please stop naming organs after people (Score 0) 74

We don't need more organs with names that imply nothing about their function. Stop boosting the egos of these scientists, their goal should not be self-immortalization but advancement for the good of the scientific community.

I thought we were transitioning away from those obscure, hard-to-remember names; such as the Eustachian tube in the ear getting renamed to simply auditory tube.

Comment Re:How does this help? (Score 5, Insightful) 127

Should all of mankind's endeavors grind to a halt until the world is in a state of perfect harmony and prosperity?

Humans, in our great numbers, are capable of multi-tasking. Is every penny not spent on helping the helpless a selfish waste?

An infinite amount of money cannot solve all of the world's problems in a day, and there are more problems everyday. More often it is not a question of money but of resources, money is only a means to trade for such finite resources. With finite resources like time, energy, innovation, and persuasion, every do-gooder has to pick their battles.

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