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minus-squareScratch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoWhy no altruism?
minus-squareyoucantreadthis@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoDude you just got super powers chill
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months ago90% of people would become supervillains if they got powers. Change my mind.
minus-squareStern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoi feel like i’d be doing a fair amount of public service with which peoples heads I’d be making explode.
minus-squareT. Hex@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYeah, they could have gene-edited people’s cancer away. Or redistributed food to places that need it.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago Yeah, they could have gene-edited people’s cancer away. Eh… Actually making the genetic edits is the (relatively) easy part. Knowing which genes to edit is the hard part. And ‘perfect control telekinesis’ doesn’t help you with that.
Why no altruism?
Dude you just got super powers chill
90% of people would become supervillains if they got powers.
Change my mind.
i feel like i’d be doing a fair amount of public service with which peoples heads I’d be making explode.
Yeah, they could have gene-edited people’s cancer away. Or redistributed food to places that need it.
Eh… Actually making the genetic edits is the (relatively) easy part. Knowing which genes to edit is the hard part. And ‘perfect control telekinesis’ doesn’t help you with that.