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We could always put skyscrapers in the middle of Scotland. McTrump Tower.

Is a 2-story house not a way to increase the surface area? What about skyscrapers? We can produce more of those and so more living space.

The point being is that if you extend life and don't stop extending life you end up essentially curing death. The moral implications of letting people die when they are in good health don't warrant thinking about. Yes, the infrastructure needs to be there. But the population grows only very...

I loved that movie. Quite amazing. Just goes to show how far a genius can go without resources.

Bee, how about we stop all medical science? How about giving up on our attempts to stop disease? Close down hospitals. For essentially, that is what all these attempt to do, improve quality of life and quantity of life. It sounds like this gentleman would like a few more years. On a less...

If you withhold treatment that keeps them alive, is that not the same as letting the train run over them as they are tied to the track? As you stand by the moral lever, would you not want to pull it? If you see someone in desperate need, would you not call the ambulance? That is a intervention...

To answer that question, lets invert it. Is making people die a good thing? What are the implications for suffering?

If you think curing death is not a good thing, I presume you also believe curing someone of cancer is a bad thing, since that prolongs life. Or are you saying you prefer they treat that person, but just not very well?

There is much talk that the microbiome of an individual is critical to our immune system and overall health. It is a recent discovery and they are learning more all the time. We have trillions of these little bugs in our body. No wonder I get itchy on the inside.

Yes indeed, although most believe that we need a multipronged approach. There is telomerase therapy which is doing the rounds. Yet part of the problem in assessing therapies against ageing is that we do not have accurate biomarkers for a person's age. Many believe that a more robust measurement...

I don't know what I meant. It seemed to make sense at the time.

I could get cheap workers to help me out!

I would have thought the simple strawb would have been harmless. Just goes to show we all need the allergy tests!

I had a terrible nights sleep last night. It was 6am and I was still struggling to get my first few winks. Thrashing about worrying about my legal problem with a $66bn company. I put some Eckhart Tolle on, with his monosyllabic tone a catalyst for sleep. It did help as a much needed distraction.

I was told you can actually buy a house in the US for $30K, if you go to a town with no jobs! I was amazed! It would be fine for an internet worker!

A cascade of ideas. At the same time, anyone who wants the topic to be back on topic can do so at any time. We all hold our own rudder.

That is the word Doc...quacks! The charlatans who promise the earth based on flimsy science and a dose of placebo. Apparently, cats are lactose intolerant, or most of them are. You can get specialist milk for their little tummies. :D

That is up to you Uncle. I am free and easy about wherever the thread goes, others may not be.

I think in the US you have more of those sorts of services. The UK lags somewhat. I saw one, but then ended up reading articles that suggested it might be pseudoscience. I just need to know who to believe!

I was a coder. Now if only I was a genius... Networking at age 8 is pretty impressive!