19-02-21, 10:43 PM
(19-02-21, 09:07 PM)darrsi link Wrote: [quote author=Slaninar link=topic=26604.msg323282#msg323282 date=1613764381]It reminds me of this from war of the worlds (do Morgan freeman in your head )
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It basically said that every person who has had the flu ever since then up to now has had a mutated version of that same virus.
[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)]From the moment the invaders arrived, breathed our air, ate and drank, they were doomed. They were undone, destroyed, after all of man's weapons and devices had failed, by the tiniest creatures that God in his wisdom put upon this earth. By the toll of a billion deaths, man had earned his immunity, his right to survive among this planet's infinite organisms. And that right is ours against all challenges. For neither do men live nor die in vain.[/color]
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Great book.
It could be argued that medicine, including vaccines, does make the human race less resilient - generally speaking.
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That's a pretty poor argument. We would be in a very bad place at the very least without medicine.
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Depends on how you look at it.
Of course, I could be wrong - not a doctor, but my thinking is:
Say I can't have children, and use medicine with all those artificial... whatever it's called, to "make" 3, or 4 kids.
In that case, isn't the medicine actually helping distribute and prolong the life of genes with such a defect?
Same goes for many other defects.
I'm not arguing against the medicine, or science and tech. in general - just think that it's not 100% good, it has its cons and costs.
No other species on earth lives after it is no longer productive - but we do. And we all like to live as long as possible. Is that good, healthy and natural?
Most things done in a hurry need to be done again - patiently.