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07-25-2010, 07:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-25-2010, 07:32 PM by kandrathe.)
(07-22-2010, 08:03 PM)ShadowHM Wrote: Additionally, my crystal ball says this is another route to hell for the rest of humanity who won't qualify for the 'cures, treatments, processes'.
With an infinite amount of time to pay back the loan, anything may be affordable.
(07-22-2010, 08:03 PM)ShadowHM Wrote: And that almost certainly precludes most of those who might otherwise afford the treatment.
Yeah, those rich enough to afford the treatments, but not so foolish as to glut themselves upon their own wealth.
Pete Wrote:The number of issues wrapped around this concept are vast, including population control, economic control, etc.
I was thinking about that as well; if this is on the horizon, we should begin thinking about the implications of undying populations, multi-generational compounded wealth, retirement at age 65...
Pete Wrote:I simply claim we probably have the intelligence to do it. I do not claim that we have the wisdom to do it right.
Yes, I agree, we'll probably flub this one up big time.
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.