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Comment same as spinal discs (Score 1) 46

For decades the surgeons have checked out people with back pain, found slipped or decaying discs, an declared that the problem. Then they do horrific things like vertebral fusions.
Problem was/is that there's no database of Xrays/CT/NMR scans of people *without* back pain to see how many have bad discs

Comment Re: modern cars are less safe (Score 1) 181

if you're so easily distracted by these warnings etc., you're not an 'idiot', you're just not very good at multitasking.

Back in the VietNam war days, figher pilots - who are some of the most focussed and multi-task capable folks ever -- turned off warning systems because the aircraft was sending so many different "important" signals simultaneously.

Comment Coming soon everywhere (Score 4, Insightful) 204

Root cause: way too many humans, and far too many of those in regions where resources are collapsing due to a combination of population growth and changes in climate are trying to emigrate elsewhere. Sooner or later every country will realize that, politics and racism aside, there simply isn't the capability to absorb more immigrants. Excessive population will lead to catastrophic collapse of the nations currently accepting immigrants.

There is no easy answer to this situation.

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