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tentenko
post Sep 8 2016, 11:48 AM

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big bang created space n time..space was expanded at a rate which is faster than the speed of light
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post Sep 8 2016, 11:49 AM

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QUOTE(alanyuppie @ Sep 8 2016, 11:18 AM)
Talking bout technology. Im sad coz (example below)
What we see now:

Global company with the best brains working inside, decided to improve the tech for the majority of able bodied people just to get more profit ,even though the "tech" is redundant or cause not much impact (for eg ... HD resolution phone to 4k resolution/ ultra sharp retina display) .

But.....

Technology (not costing a bomb)  to cure blindness / help the visually impaired to see  much better enuff for daily living.... is still FAR FAR AWAY.
The best brains are there all along , but they're not "exploited" /utilised to do something for less capable/weaker/sick humans.
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There's no profit to be made from curing disease, unless we allow the pharma companies to charge insane prices for the results of their R&D.

But that would make the cure so ludicrously expensive that most patients will no longer be able to afford them.

Its a tough problem to solve, and generally just requires countries to subsidize and pour money into research for which there will be no returns. The private sector mostly ain't gonna do it, and those who do usually end up wanting to charge an arm and leg for it when given the chance. Look at the whole stupid epipen price increase saga.

There is no political will to make that happen though.
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post Sep 8 2016, 11:54 AM

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QUOTE(arubin @ Sep 8 2016, 12:49 PM)
There's no profit to be made from curing disease, unless we allow the pharma companies to charge insane prices for the results of their R&D.

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Human factor still. The Rnd might take ages coz not the best brains (in great numbers) are working and focusing to solve a single problem/diseases etc. And they wont pay well or gets much "respect" or admiration compared to lets say engineers and developers producing hyped up apps/games downloaded by billions for funs sake.


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post Sep 8 2016, 12:09 PM

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QUOTE(alanyuppie @ Sep 8 2016, 11:54 AM)
Human factor still. The Rnd might take ages coz not the best brains (in great numbers) are working and focusing to solve a single problem/diseases etc. And they wont pay well or gets much "respect" or admiration compared to lets say engineers and developers producing hyped up apps/games downloaded by billions for funs sake.
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Well, we can't assume that people who are good at IT will also be good at biochemical engineering. Everyone has their own interests, and the IT folks are contributing in their own small way to research in every other field. Actually, all the research fields are linked in some way if you zoom out far enough.

We spend billions on space programs which could also be used for medical research too. Is that a waste of money? Absolutely not. Experiments conducted on the ISS has also been valuable in the field of medicine.

Take Pokemon Go for example. Its also easy to say that the brains behind it contributed nothing useful to society and there's so much negative news about it, but the there's a whole lot more positivity too. It made a whole bunch of people get off their butts and go walk around the neighbourhood instead to play a game instead of sitting at home playing some other mobile game. That's definitely better for their health. At least their burning some calories and getting a bit of exercise, and hopefully that might improve their health and put less strain on the health system.

Admittedly, there really ought to be more funding for medicinal research, and we really should be trying to drum up more interest for it in schools. But it ain't exactly fair to blame the other fields for it though.
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post Sep 8 2016, 12:19 PM

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Tech development and physics have not halted. It has progressed a lot, but a lot aren't revealed to the public, esp for military advancement and at CERN

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