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Some of the proposed modifications are simple and noninvasive. For instance, many people wish to give up meat for ecological reasons, but lack the willpower to do so on their own. The paper suggests that such individuals could take a pill that would trigger mild nausea upon the ingestion of meat, which would then lead to a lasting aversion to meat-eating. Other techniques are bound to be more controversial. For instance, the paper suggests that parents could make use of genetic engineering or hormone therapy in order to birth smaller, less resource-intensive children.
With respect to geoengineering, the worry is that it's just too risky---many of the technologies involved have never been attempted on such a large scale, and so you have to worry that by implementing these techniques we could endanger ourselves or future generations. For example it's been suggested that we could alter the reflectivity of the atmosphere using sulfate aerosol so as to turn away a portion of the sun's heat, but it could be that doing so would destroy the ozone layer, which would obviously be problematic. Others have argued that we ought to fertilize the ocean with iron, because doing so might encourage a massive bloom of carbon-sucking plankton. But doing so could potentially render the ocean inhospitable to fish, which would obviously also be quite problematic.
Originally posted by Afterthought
Thinking about this more, maybe those who believe in global warming should have one lung removed so that they would be releasing half the amount of carbon dioxide into the environment.
The document states that "deliberately manipulating physical, chemical, or biological aspects of the Earth system" should be explored alongside the more conventional approaches to climate change. Conventional approaches means reducing emissions – "mitigation" in policy-speak – and adjusting to the unavoidable effect of climate change – known as "adaptation".
reckless insanity
I dont think its going to work like that, if you remove a lung you are simply making the remaining one work harder to exchange the same co2 for fresh o2.
Originally posted by Afterthought
reply to post by Biigs
I dont think its going to work like that, if you remove a lung you are simply making the remaining one work harder to exchange the same co2 for fresh o2.
I hope you realize I was being sarcastic -- sort of. I was just implying that "they" should start manipulating their own bodies first and was offering "them" some suggestions.
Do you thin that humans the way we are right now is the last and final step in our evolution, like perhaps the shark or crustaceans?
Kurzweil is doing everything in his power to make sure he's ready for the big event, which he calls the Singularity. He takes 150 pills a day, keeps himself in shape and looks forward to the day when he can start re-engineering his own body for immortality. And he's not alone. Kurzweil has been spreading the word about the Singularity in a series of books and two documentaries ("The Singularity Is Near" and "Transcendent Man") as well as academic programs at Singularity University in California's Silicon Valley.
Kurzweil projects that computers will match human brain power by around the year 2030, opening the way for a rapid merging of electronic and biological intelligence. Around the year 2045, that merger will lead to a worldwide transformation so dramatic that its follow-on effects would be hard to predict. (Hence the term "singularity.")
The purpose of this project is to do a survey research project on what students know and feel about cloning and generic engineering. Our hypothesis states that the majority of students will that think cloning humans is a good idea.
Our summary and conclusion states that out of all the students
we surveyed, 84% thought that we should definitely not clone
humans. The students thought it was a good idea to clone
animals in order to provide higher and more plentiful food,
medicine, and donor organs for human transplants. Therefore, we
reject our hypothesis which stated that the majority of the
students would think that cloning humans is a good idea. A
majority of 59% of the responses to the factual questions on our
questionnaire were incorrect which indicates that students don't
know a great deal about cloning and genetic engineering.
The purpose of this project is to find out about global warming because it is an important global issue and we care about our planet. Our hypothesis states that the majority of the factual questions on our global warming questionnaire will be answered correctly.
A majority of 77% of the students surveyed didn't know that
global warming is an increase of temperature due to the burning
of fossil fuels. A majority of 68% didn't know that global
warming is the same thing as the greenhouse effect. A majority
of 96% didn't know that the last international conference on
global warming was in Japan. A majority of 91% knew that the
agreement at the last conference on global warming was to cut
the percent of greenhouse gases produced in each country. A
small majority of 52% didn't believe that global warming was one
of the most important issues to deal with. A majority 82%
didn't know that the main cause of global warming is the burning
of fossil fuels and deforestation. A majority of 57% didn't
know that the results of global warming are a rise in sea level,
altered climates throughout the world, the melting of polar
caps, and global flooding of low level coastal levels. A
majority of 95% didn't know that the amount of carbon dioxide
increases in the atmosphere .4 percent per year. A majority of
71% didn't know that global temperature started rising in 1860.
A majority of 82% knew that Global Warming and the depletion of
the ozone layer are related.
The purpose of this project is to do a survey research project on what students know and feel about global over population. My hypothesis states that the majority of the factual questions will be answered correctly.
Only thirty-three percent of the factual questions were answered
correctly. Therefore, I reject my hypothesis that states that
the majority of the factual questions will be answered
correctly. Students think that global over-population is an
important problem, but do not know a great deal about it.
colloidal silver solution – A solution containing pure water and nanometer sized silver particles in a colloidal suspension...The particles remain suspended in the water owing to a particle charge which causes an electrostatic mutual repulsion of the particles.
The only thing the hucksters don't claim colloidal silver can treat is argyria, an irreversible blue-gray skin condition caused by the ingestion of silver. That's because colloidal silver causes it.
In 1953, when she was 11 years old, her doctor prescribed colloidal silver nose drops for her colds. At the age of 14, a pharmacist looked at her one day and said, Why are you that color?
Mild toxicity can cause GI irritation, renal and pulmonary lesions, and mild argyria (blue or black discoloration of the skin). Severe toxicity can result in hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, shock, enlarged heart, severe argyria, and death by respiratory depression