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6 months ago

in Dr. Dilbert on Think Gene
One way to save costs is to allow people more freedom to make their own health care decisions, without the government requiring them to see a doctor. Another is to allow nurse practitioners to operate independently and to allow them to see a greater variety of cases. Doctors have pushed for the regulations requiring them to be ever more necessary, even for the simplest problem - and they are not cheap (partly because of the forced demand). I have little sympathy for doctors that complain of malpractice insurance (patients can not make their own decisions, and therefore the decision maker (i.e. the doctor) needs to take responsibility) or time limits with patients. Both are necessary due to the regulations their professional groups have pushed for.

7 months ago

in The issue of gene patents on Think Gene
Why do people support governments that allow genes (or mathematical formulas or ...) to be patented? Genes that are not modified and were not created. These are not inventions.


That is the problem, not that some one uses the law as it was intended.
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Andrew Yates "Why do people support governments?" Agree or disagree, I dare you to "opt out" of your government. Try it, and see what happens.
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Andrew Yates If you want to put your money where you mouth is, email Josh here and Think Gene, and maybe he'll tell you how to buy the supplies and make the primers to do these tests for free / at cost. You could drive around in a van providing free genetic tests to save babies, "liberating the science," for probably less than a few thousand dollars US. It sounds like a good trustafarian grad student project. Fight the man, save babies, hide behind the family trust when your antics piss off powerful people who would crush you otherwise... yah. Much better than "saving the Earth" by smoking organic pot or whatever.
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