So, do you want to live as long as you can?

it will probably be from a heart related issue because my family has a history of that

So, how might guns help you live longer if they likely won't be a factor in your death?

but thas not why i like guns

i like guns because of the machinery and interesting mechanics

Do you like guns over not dying from heart issues?

guns are a hobby to me

i like them because they're fun

Again, which do you like more. Guns or not dying?

not dying

So, doesn't that imply you should look at health related policies AND THEN gun related policies?

what like healthcare?

Bingo

i'm pro healthcare

am only allowed to be pro one thing?

Again, that's like being pro shoe. The issue is how we should construct healthcare.

As a scientist, I find what common people think annoying.

that sounds condescending

So?

that sounds more like an ego thing imo

Average people aren't that educated, so they make dumb decisions and then die early.

yeah well even if people are stupid they're still people

Honestly, I'm sort of pro creating social incentives for people to not have kids, because those of less intelligence will be driven towards the cash or tax credit pay off and thus will reproduce less.

then you run into population issues

like japan

I'm not for eugenics just because of the fact genetics are dynamical and you can't target what people will have what sort of child precisely.

Other than that, I'm for it.

hell yeah eugenics
if more research went into it it might become more feasible

Population problems are due to dumb humans creating economic systems that scale with populations when ecosystems have finite carrying capacity.

Basically, when you need to cut back on people, you can't because your economy will start to suffer. But if you don't, people suffer due to decreased fitness,

post antibiotic era time

I'm pro genetically engineering smart people who out compete dumb ones.

...What?

genetically engineered people

cool

I work in Genomics.

now if only human cloning wasnt a thing of only fiction

What does that matter? Intelligence is an abstraction of which are genetic and epigenetic factors. The hard to predict parts are the epigenetics.

Why do we need to clone? We just need to modify the corresponding histone.

bioshock time then

CRISPR is great for gene editing especially cas 9