From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Mon Mar 13 2000 - 10:44:52 MST
Today's WSJ carried an interesting article about an arthritis drug for
pets. (There were apparently some problems with the pets, but that's
not the point.) This led me to an interesting thought: If it looks
like the benefits of nanomedicine are being delayed by interminable
testing, such that every individual improvement requires 30 months of
testing and combining them is impossible, then go full-speed-ahead on
the most exotic improvements you can produce and sell them for pets.
When some 80-year-old arthritic grandmother sees her aging dog turn
young and healthy again, there will be considerable support for
expedited approval procedures.
"The New York Times reported in January that veterinary care flourishes
in Canada because the private sector runs it, unlike human health care;
one man, long wait-listed for an MRI at Ontario hospitals, quickly
booked time at an animal hospital."
-- News of the Weird
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sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
http://pobox.com/~sentience/beyond.html
Member, Extropy Institute
Senior Associate, Foresight Institute
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