Originally Posted by Babylon (Post 1134248)

I think a more honed in topic that can serve as an avatar for this question is CRISPR, I've seen many people act like the ability to (among other things) genetically alter people or babies as to reduce or eliminate chances of certain diseases is playing god, and "science going too far."

I believe the only way science goes too far is developing things that have the potential to either end us all, or severely inhibit the progress of humanity in one way or another. which I think it already has, some would argue decades ago. It's a premier luxury we haven't seen more lethal combat between nations in recent times.

Originally Posted by Aggo (Post 1134254)

We should definitely have some Island shit where we clone ourselves to harvest their clone organs so we can live for 200 years. Now that I mention it, that movie shouldn't have been called The Island. Shoulda been called Organ Cloners.


Damn I'm good.

Originally Posted by Aggo (Post 1134232)

Listen, until I have a sex robot that looks like Scarlett Johansson then science needs to keep fuckin plugging away. Like, what's taking so long? I'd be willing to put a solar panel on the back of her head. I'm all for renewable energy. Maybe even a little turbine in her pucker hole that spins when I spunk off. I'd give back to the grid. I could single handedly restore power to Puerto Rico. Fuckin he'll science. Keep up.

Originally Posted by Flawless Q (Post 1134257)

So we're just going to overlook this post huh? Lmao

Originally Posted by Shodan (Post 1134258)

Yeah, isn't Scarlett Johansson over the age of 20? Aggo's a weirdo who likes old hags

Originally Posted by Aggo (Post 1134259)

Den titties aint 20

Originally Posted by Babylon (Post 1134242)

Depends on how you look at it, because what you just described is the entire point of our capitalist society. Maybe other than the tom brady thing. I'm willing to bet money for every dog ear app or boner pill you can find there are new technologies coming up or horizons being bridged in medicine. You honestly can't expect average americans to cut out hedonism, it's never gonna happen. Middle class people spend about 50% of their cash on luxuries, wealthy 60%, poor 40%. So hedonism is a far bigger part of American Society than you'd think.

Also, the average american isn't all too intelligent (and most people actively live inside of a dunning-Kruger self-circlejerk so me, or whoever is reading this will likely fit into that average category) so before you could ever get slightly close to having everyday americans start researching cancer instead of developing dick pills for a quick cash-grab- you'd have to have some type of system (perhaps a part of school) implementing those values in people who haven't grasped them.

Originally Posted by NOBLE (Post 1134289)

Science goes too far when it doesn't consider ethics or socio-political consequences. A war with nuclear weapons on a large enough scale could literally render us extinct. Did they consider that while it was under development? Even today, scientists are pursuing all sorts of things for which they don't know what all the consequences and ramifications will be, but they should have an inkling that it could potentially be catastrophic.

Originally Posted by Subreal (Post 1134292)

Some extremely intelligent people seem to be really dumb socially and unemotional.