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Antibiotic Resistance Will Kill 300 Million People by 2050
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"The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostAnd how many disasters have been predicted and do not end up materializing? There's lots of assumptions at work here, that may or may not ever happen. Even than, we could already be halfway down the cliff, for all we know. Where does the cliff end and begin at, to start with?
A) A coming Ice Age
2) Overpopulation by the year 2000
C) Imminent Nuclear Annihilation by missiles from Cuba
Oh, and the heartbreak of psoriasis.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostAnd how many disasters have been predicted and do not end up materializing?
See here for more evidence that the religious are far more guilty of this than the non-religious.
RoyJorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.
MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.
seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostOh, and the heartbreak of psoriasis.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostIt's perfectly on topic shuny because that is the problem with these doom's day views. They have to assume things do not change in decades time. The fact is that as more antiboitic resistant and immune diseases come about, that creates a reason to dig into research because it becomes more and more important (as well as profitable) to dive into new meds to combat these diseases. It is currently 2014 (almost 2015), how much have things changed since 1979? Is medical technology at the same level in 1979 as it is today? My grandfather died from a diseases that today, is quite treatable. That is the problem with these doom's day views, they assume too much.
While teaching English at the China Medical University we had a good guest lecturer on the issue in 2008. We are on course with his projections of the problem of resistance to antibiotic and related technologies related to human immune system prolems.Last edited by shunyadragon; 12-22-2014, 07:32 AM.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostWhen I was a kid, the unholy trinity of fears consisted of...
A) A coming Ice Age
2) Overpopulation by the year 2000
C) Imminent Nuclear Annihilation by missiles from Cuba
Oh, and the heartbreak of psoriasis.
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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostAnd how many disasters have been predicted and do not end up materializing? There's lots of assumptions at work here, that may or may not ever happen. Even than, we could already be halfway down the cliff, for all we know. Where does the cliff end and begin at, to start with?
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View PostActually the coming of the Ice Age had a basis in real science and still exists more then just as a possibility.
Meanwhile, a lot of little school kids were scared poopless for no reason.
The well documented long term climate cycles do indicate we are reaching the maximum of the long term warming trend and approach a distinct cooling trend, global warming considered. Popular yellow journalism tends to greatly exaggerate science, and yes create doom's day science scenarios.
And he's on YOUR side!
Valid problem, it is a matter of degree.
It was SCARE tactics, pure and simple, and a dishonest attempt, IMOHBAO, to pave the way for more abortions (this was the late 50's and early 60's)
We are approaching the point where food production will not meet the growing need of the population.
This a distinct political not a scientific problem.
Oh me oh my!!!!! The plague of psoriasis. My advice to you is get your shingles shoot.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View PostActually the coming of the Ice Age had a basis in real science and still exists more then just as a possibility. The well documented long term climate cycles do indicate we are reaching the maximum of the long term warming trend and approach a distinct cooling trend, global warming considered. Popular yellow journalism tends to greatly exaggerate science, and yes create doom's day science scenarios.
RoyJorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.
MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.
seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...
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Originally posted by Roy View PostLet's see... there's the rapture, the millennium, the apocalypse, the war to end all wars, the birth of the Antichrist, judgment day, the second coming, armageddon, Heaven's gate, Nostradamus, the star holocaust, the faith vs faith nuclear war, the Mayan calendar completion, the egg-writing prophesy, ...
See here for more evidence that the religious are far more guilty of this than the non-religious."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by phank View PostAgain, good point. An ounce of prevention is a waste, since the future is totally opaque. We are stuck with the pound of cure for everything. Life sucks."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View PostStill remains, not addressing the topic of worldwide resistance to antibiotics, and many diseases that have become totally resistant to antibiotics.
Medical advances and change are great and nice and address many medical issues, but NOT the growing wide spread resistance. I do not believe this research is based simply on 'assumptions.' There is indeed sound research on the problem, and not simply a doom's day chicken little assumption.
While teaching English at the China Medical University we had a good guest lecturer on the issue in 2008. We are on course with his projections of the problem of resistance to antibiotic and related technologies related to human immune system prolems."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostIt was SCARE tactics, pure and simple, and a dishonest attempt, IMOHBAO, to pave the way for more abortions (this was the late 50's and early 60's)
(In other words, to the single-issue fanatic, EVERYTHING is about their pet issue. Though how overpopulation becomes a religious issue is beyond me. There is serious debate today over whether (1) the human population has exceeded the carrying capacity of the world; and (2) whether people are reducing that carrying capacity through short-sighted policies.,
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