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laranis@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
In 400 years our list of conditions will seem similarly naive and simplistic.
Been to a doctor lately? We can’t cure shit. We’ve got a few meds that can help balance systems or mask pain. We can cut shit open and rearrange it. We can zap some shit with radiation. But actually fix anything? Nah. Maybe in another 400 years.
“Oh, look, they treated obesity as a disease. And heart disease? Hahaha that’s funny. Hearts are so simple.Cant believe cancer is its own category. Everyone knows what causes that and how to treat it.”
I will say the improvement in infant mortality is amazing. At no time in human history have infants had a better chance of survival than now(ish). So maybe I’m just cynical and disillusioned with the current state of my medical care.
we’ve improved infant mortality and added 6 bad years to the end of life. that’s all medicine has done for mortality statistics.
we are able to treat some diseases poorly, some diseases well, we’ve eradicated a few but some dipshits decided it would be fun to bring them back so that’s cool i guess. they’ve also discovered how to keep people alive while they are in several different parts across the room, which i have doubts about whether they discovered that ethically.
hector@lemmy.today 19 hours ago
If you are truly cynical you would realize that Society will collapse long before 400 years, matter of fact, let me glance at the clock.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
“lol they died of having a pitiful human body”