On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Marcus G. Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/25/2011 12:11 AM, Jochen Fromm wrote: > > Cancer research needs more funding, don't you think?! > > Even from a pure profitability perspective, the return on investment > justifies the spending -- from $3 to $141 of economic activity for every $1 > spent by the NIH.
I have to disagree. The idea that science can find the cure to every ailment is premised on the idea of the body as a machine. It's absurd to think that we can continue the present, artificial, consumptive lifestyle and not have some *problems* in the body somewhere. Even if science were to find a "solution", it would be like adapting to the intake of gasoline -- severe maladaption. mark ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
