30 Jul 21
@yo-its-me saidBlue sky research by its nature has the look of unnecessary. I think that growing a mammal without egg or sperm is worth their time and effort.
All the scientific brains in the world, looking at the unnecessary?
Example of unnecessary efforts:
https://onezero.medium.com/scientists-grew-a-mouse-fetus-without-sperm-or-eggs-51180f11f504
Example of missed need:
https://sdgs.un.org/goals
Why is this?
30 Jul 21
@kevcvs57 saidDo you want your sex to be obsolete?
Blue sky research by its nature has the look of unnecessary. I think that growing a mammal without egg or sperm is worth their time and effort.
There's also space travel, pseudo foods. I'm sure there's much more.
30 Jul 21
@yo-its-me saidWhat is necessary?
All the scientific brains in the world, looking at the unnecessary?
Example of unnecessary efforts:
https://onezero.medium.com/scientists-grew-a-mouse-fetus-without-sperm-or-eggs-51180f11f504
Example of missed need:
https://sdgs.un.org/goals
Why is this?
I think that most scientist think that finding out things is necessary. If those insights prove to have an economic, health related or other side effect is secondary.
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30 Jul 21
@yo-its-me saidAnd space travel brought us nothing.
Do you want your sex to be obsolete?
There's also space travel, pseudo foods. I'm sure there's much more.
Oh, except first aid blankets, stronger tires, memory foam, MRIs... not to mention improved understanding of the human body.
It's amazing how many useful things scientists and engineers come up with while they're doing 'useless' research.
30 Jul 21
@yo-its-me saidNo but I might need to reproduce mammals including my own species without eggs and sperm if we keep pouring poisons into the seas and soils that make us and our fellow creatures infertile.
Do you want your sex to be obsolete?
There's also space travel, pseudo foods. I'm sure there's much more.
It’s not a skill I’d like us to need to perfect but what l want might be irrelevant.
30 Jul 21
@shallow-blue saidWow, I didn't know that.
And space travel brought us nothing.
Oh, except first aid blankets, stronger tires, memory foam, MRIs... not to mention improved understanding of the human body.
It's amazing how many useful things scientists and engineers come up with while they're doing 'useless' research.
Thank you
30 Jul 21
@ponderable saidDoesn't it seem that the efforts aren't in the direction of the best for all the humans on the planet- I mean like we have some serious needs that science can help with and we don't need space travel or some other things.
What is necessary?
I think that most scientist think that finding out things is necessary. If those insights prove to have an economic, health related or other side effect is secondary.