Message from @nimble_newt
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I traded one variant of robotics for another, in my eyes. Humans are simply meat mechs.
*Should* be meat mechs.
We *should* have implants releasing nanites to repair tissue by now.
I mean, the human body is pretty much mechanical. Hell, the heart even generates electricity for the central nervous system.
Stifled innovation is to blame.
I *should* have ran robotics club instead
Haha.
*Should*
Gunpla is love.
One day.
Yeah. My college thesis was on using the heart to power a prosthetic arm.
If we can't move beyond this Yang-gang and these leftist proposals, embracing a freeing of the industry, it'll never happen.
Don't Yang my chain.
Never.
As a lifelong transhumanist bienvenue
Send that thesis over to me, Brok; I'd like to have a look.
Wow what a narrative I missed.
@lunemarie Are you from North America? I've never experienced the attitude that you are talking about amongst doctors. I'm pretty sheltered though. I'm coming from engineering and I'm just dipping my toe into medicine. It's probably too naive but I'd like to think I'm in it to help people. I'm on the struggle bus right now as it is prepping for this goddamn MD/PhD.
@Brokkr Respect for your background, even though I'm a bit more sentimental and flowery about the patients. I always kinda digged the Hippocratic Oath. I felt like it had a nice ring.
I'm very curious about male birth control and why that isn't more of a thing. I suppose male reproduction is harder to control since it's not a cyclic as the female counterpart. I also expect it would be a shit show to get funding for. I feel like people wouldn't take it well.
In the US, it's because of drug regulations. Our whole pharma is borked.
@Brokkr Enlighten me? I'm fucking retarded about this industry. I'm literally getting into it because I want to help people. Worked on a project were I got to interact with consumer/patients and changed my whole life plan
I was explaining this on another server too. Inhalers are a wonderful example. The inhaler was invented in the mid 1800s. Albuterol (trade name) was invented in the 50s.
Despite this, an inhaler out of pocket is around 200 USD.
Oh I see. That kind of corruption. I heard about that happening with epipens too
It did. Yes.
However, with Epi Pens, the price was low and went high.
There was also the malaria drug that is also used to treat HIV which Shrenki or whatever his name is decided to raise by like 1000% in price.
Another good example is IV kits and saline/lactated ringers.
Yeah that was appalling but this is on the prescription drug side. Like Pharma
Is there anything wrong with practicing physician side of medicine?
300-400 USD for a saline IV that costs less than 5 USD overall to produce.
Part of the problem is in billing.
All of which comes down to entry-barriers and the inability for entrepreneurs and pre-existing firms to exploit the pricing disparities, aka there's a lack of competition.
....and it's both hospital AND pharma issues.
And the lack of competition stems from regulation. 😉
It's an industry wide issue, Brok.
The chargemaster, for example, tells physicians in a hospital or a practice what they should charge.
The reality is insurance isn't even necessary.
.....people would be able to pay out of pocket if the prices were at the correct value.
Wow dude that's fucked up
Jfc