Comment on This researcher wants to replace your brain, little by little. The US government just hired a researcher who thinks we can beat aging with fresh cloned bodies and brain updates.

Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Might be the only way to get them to give a shit about the environment.

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  • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I doubt it. They will just dump shit further away.

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    • roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That might be their outlook on “local” pollution for a while, but you don’t think going from 20 years left to centuries to live might affect their opinions on global climate change?

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      • naught101@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Not really. Many of them are already heavily invested in life extension tech (not that I think it will work, but it means they’re optimistic). I think their general worldview is that technology will fix it, at least for them.

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• SeattleRain@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Speak for yourself. I think it would be great.

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  • DeanFogg@lemm.ee ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They can live forever but have to trade their fortune for it permanently

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• Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Seems your plan doesn’t work, they are here anyways.

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