Given the medical insurance implications, makes you wonder if he'll publish a followup with the results. Especially given the journalistic integrity angle, it's surely an interesting test of how a real human would respond to what has heretofore been a theoretical argument.
Of course there would be incomplete information to know whether the results published are true. But isn't that a valid fear in the future if DNA defects are logged like a credit rating in some monster database?
No, not for becoming the next Gates or Ellison. How about for the intellectual progression of humanity? Maybe it will open doors for people to rediscover the scientific method and induce a tad more critical, rational thinking in the world.
Imho, the reason why otherwise intelligent people believe man killed off the dinosaurs is because they never learned how to think when young. Maybe with open education some folks will reexamine different fundamental assumptions that they normally wouldn't have time to do in their busy lives.
As a parent, the betterment of humanity is a killer app in my book.
"..a method for transmitting gaseous oxygen in a liquid medium..."
Whew. For a second there I thought you were referring to farting in the tub. Hey if a guy can patent a method for swinging on a swing (remember that one?), then I want one for fouling bath water.
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Sen. "Call me Ahnold" Hatch already terminated their systems.
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How did that Nigerian deal work out? Were they pleasant to work with?
Given the medical insurance implications, makes you wonder if he'll publish a followup with the results. Especially given the journalistic integrity angle, it's surely an interesting test of how a real human would respond to what has heretofore been a theoretical argument.
Of course there would be incomplete information to know whether the results published are true. But isn't that a valid fear in the future if DNA defects are logged like a credit rating in some monster database?
No, not for becoming the next Gates or Ellison. How about for the intellectual progression of humanity? Maybe it will open doors for people to rediscover the scientific method and induce a tad more critical, rational thinking in the world.
Imho, the reason why otherwise intelligent people believe man killed off the dinosaurs is because they never learned how to think when young. Maybe with open education some folks will reexamine different fundamental assumptions that they normally wouldn't have time to do in their busy lives.
As a parent, the betterment of humanity is a killer app in my book.
"..a method for transmitting gaseous oxygen in a liquid medium..."
Whew. For a second there I thought you were referring to farting in the tub. Hey if a guy can patent a method for swinging on a swing (remember that one?), then I want one for fouling bath water.
"Where did the consumer right for quality assurance and regress go?"
Wow, now *that's* a Freudian slip.
Maybe MSFT ought to hire Mr. Cochran..."No redress unless you regress"