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Comment Re:I wish I could say this stage was unnecessary (Score 2, Interesting) 99

Though not all would-be 'medical advances' end so salubriously, the sad fact is, we don't know any better way --

Whats the copay and deductible on a "salubrious" medical advance?

Sign me up for some of that, Webster!

I love the bonus vocabulary that comes with well educated scholars. Its nice to get a $10 word to go with that $20 aspirin.

Comment Re:Technology can't cure human nature (Score 1) 256

Then I think we agree.

Its like the serpent eating its tail: "Don't tread on me" creates a fortress out of its physical configuration.

Its the territory of circular logic; like moats, vaults, gun barrels, and even coin. Its an attempt to take a stand.

Its becomes anarchy when you lose control of what you say is yours. Its all a sense of entitlement no matter how you slice it. It works if there is mutual consent to honor the rules. And like I said before, technology can't fix human nature, yet. When people get a hold of technological power they will continue to fail to control themselves as inevitably as they fail to control others.

Comment Technology can't cure human nature (Score 2) 256

Gold, salt, silver, greenbacks, plastic, bitcoin. Take your pick, None of it cures society of thieves, bank robbers, or scoundrels. And anyone who guarantees your money is secure is probably complicit in its theft. There will always be ways to steal your coin. Bitcoin just limits who might steal it.

Comment Re:I agree... (Score 1) 279

but it's so damned tough that the people who excel at it will be good at almost anything.

I knew a waitress at Denny's that had a PhD in pH (Organic Chem) from Oxford University. She also really loved horses.

Only Denny's needed an equestrian chemist on graveyard shift.

She was our favorite waitress among the teenagers, way back then. So I concur with your assessment.

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