Drug addiction (in its broadest sense, alcohol, heroin, perhaps even chocolate or sugar) has a genetic component. So if you have alcoholics in your family you have two risk factors: genetics and the social component, and you should be very careful with addictive substances. But as always, this doesn’t mean that if you are within a heavy drinker family, by definition you will become a heavy drinker too.

After the original tests in New Mexico, that risk was seen as very low

Not sure what you are talking about. Science isn’t philosophy or religion, you can’t make choices what’s true or isn’t. A fact is a fact.

You may need to squint a little.

Yes that’s pretty unique.

Exactly 21 times or <21 or >21? Asking for a friend.

A true “dead” joke hehehe

I admire your optimism, but I definitely do not share it . You should read this; https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/facultyresearchandpublications/52383/items/1.0437324 There are many more scientific publications and newspaper articles and assessments about this topic - it looks very grim for humanity.

Cookie has a point though… I’m really worried now.

Two forces at work here: (1) humans will get fewer children, leading to leveling off (2) climate change, the exhaustion of resources, breakdown of our ecosystem will lead to hunger, disease and political disruption and culling of our species.

Just block the idiots.

I wouldn’t worry too much; they don’t have thumbs, so flying a jet may turn into an unexpected challenge hehehe.

There will be fewer humans, perhaps 5% of what we have now - that’s what I glimpse from all the literature. That is not good news: as life will be much less “developed” as a result.

You seem to suggest a shorter genome is in all cases desirable. It certainly isn’t in e.g. higher organisms. With the gene as the corner stone of evolution, shorter genes are probably more advantageous.

This is Hollywood. Fantasy, lalaland Hollywood? No truth ever came out of Hollywood.

It’s just a vitamin. Like taking vitamin E against cancer. You couldn’t make this shit up.

It is men taking power over women and deciding how they should be treated. What else to expect from a rapist?

Very useful. Meanwhile elsewhere biodiversity is down the drain.

Traditional Chinese medicine - I have corrected it.

Not so! There’s been a lot of research done on near death experiences, many books written by distinguished scientists, over the last 30 years I have followed this field with great interest. The issue is: any phenomenon in NDE is easily explicable. Rather mundane theories suffice to describe what the brain goes through neurologically when they die. To be honest, after reading all the evidence, NDE theories belong in the realm of TCM, astrology, homeopathy and other human constructs: intriguing yet Hokuspokus.