Gary Schwitzer: “Last week the NBC Today Show presented a series it called ‘Mini Medical Miracles.’
Were you waiting for news on cancer? Heart disease? Diabetes? Infectious diseases?
Sorry. What you got was baldness, insomnia, dandruff and wrinkles.
But NBC called the approaches ‘miracles’ and ‘breakthroughs.’ Man, that’s what we need is a good miracle for dandruff and wrinkles.”
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Have you seen Mike Judge’s movie Idiocracy? In it, the “dumbing down” of society increases to the point where no one can manage more than the most basic tasks. Anyway, your post reminded me of this line from the film:
“Some had high hopes that genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution. But sadly, the greatest minds and resources were focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections.”
We’re headed that way, I fear …
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