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		fallingknife 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia on the Tibetan... Ths "scifi horrors" of genetic engineering are entirely made up. Those things just aren't profitable, so they won't get done.

wizzwizz4 10 months ago [–]

Most wars cost more than the expected return-on-investment. Some people value horrors over money.

digging 10 months ago | [–]

I don't think you've interpreted that quite right. Modern wars aren't funded by the bank accounts of the people profiting from them. War is a wealth transfer to the top.

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