Hey man, you're the one that brought up rules. But while we're talking about international rules, gene editing of embryos and their descendants is legal in the US if it's privately funded. And it's not illegal internationally to do so
Also, I'd be less worried about CRISPR specifically for this use, because it's not always accurate, is limited in what it can actually do, and there are better gene editing tools now
But our side has rules, you assume they play by the rules.
China academia has the same problem that US academia has: publish or perish.
And seriously, you can't say something like that and ignore all the BS the US government has been pulling internationally for decades. Trump murdered 14 random people on boats that weren't even in US territory, and seemingly no one on the international stage gives a shit
I served during a war, but I'm not a combat veteran.
I think putting the focus on being a combat veteran to "earn" disability benefits is unfortunate, because there are things that can disable you even if you aren't at war. I know a lot of people who have broken their backs during routine maintenance, some who lost hearing to insufficient hearing protection on a flight line, a few who lost limbs to snapping arresting wires, some who have had debilitating reproductive cancer at very young ages because of the chemicals we were exposed to.
But I know far more veterans who are like me and weren't kept safe from their fellow soldiers/airmen/shipmates. I don't know if it's different now, but it was really common to just admin separate people who suffered what I did and not provide medical care. My command went so far as to tell me I was not a veteran and not to seek medical care or benefits when they gave me my discharge paperwork. They said that with straight faces, looking at me with my broken face and skull, bruised and sliced body, and barely able to stay awake because my brain was damaged.
Over 10% of female veterans have experienced what I did, 40% have experienced harassment, and about 5% of men also have the same kind of PTSD that comes from sexual trauma. Regardless of combat deployment status. That really points to an institutional problem with the military. So please, point at the commands when you want to take money away, instead of the people who are using the socialized Healthcare we signed contracts for in event of disability during service
Americans for spending so much on wars and veteran benefits that are abused at historic levels as social media taught people how to get to or near 100% disability ratings and lawyers specialized in getting high disability ratings for their clients
This is the first I'm hearing of that. Though I admit I don't use sm. I was given 100% for PTSD after going through an extremely stressful evaluation where the examiner deliberately triggered me several times. I say deliberate, but it was very subtle, if someone was faking it they wouldn't have noticed or even reacted.
On the flip side, I have a friend who is missing 10% of his brain to an IED, can't hear for shit, and can't walk very far because the part of his brain that is missing controls autonomous breathing - he has to think about it or he doesn't breathe. He was only given 30% and he honestly doesn't have the resources or mental fortitude to keep trying to get the VA to take care of him.
I changed my name a few years ago and totally missed out on meme potential 😭
Dirt is really expensive if you're unemployed. Some herbs and veg are quite happily grown kratky style, but that also comes with its own challenges
My conspiracy theory is that they've fired all the people who monitored and screened communication/social media and replaced them with AI. The problem is violent threats and comments are so common in what it was trained on that the AI doesn't know when there's a problem
Trump's plan to bring more manufacturing jobs to the US:
Step 1. Allow other countries to build factories on US soil
Step 2. Raid the factories and deport employees
Step 3. ???
Step 4. Profit
Where are you getting the idea that the government in China doesn't care about their children?