And @statnews time travelled through where that first happened...the "Ether Dome"https://www.statnews.com/2016/04/11/ether-dome-video/ …
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@sapinker@SamHarrisOrg Distrusting new discoveries isn't necessarily wrong, just as trust isn't.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@SamHarrisOrg Not "amazing." Quite run-of-the-mill, actually, when people are faced with something new & unknown.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker The destiny of any "anesthesia" is to raise opposition, specially among those who suffer pain.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Don't know how historically accurate, but recently saw movie about medieval history of dissection (i.e., "necromancy").
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Now: GMOs, biotech, vaccines, nuclear. Near future: AI, brain-computer interfaces. Hysterical confused monkeys will oppose everything good
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Technophobia is a moral flaw.
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Humanity’s future rests on plowing through the luddites without paying them the slightest heed. They’ll be thankful five minutes later.
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Guarantee fire, plow & agriculture were scary and heretical and "unnatural" for the exact types of people back in the day.
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Everything useful arouses instinctive opposition at first. Is taken for granted and non-controversial except in fringes once spreads. Sad.
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Also the "beneficial" part of each tech advance get refined over time, no? Not quite as beneficial in the beginning just because we say so?
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Anesthetic practices were just as good "back then" as they are today? Or, maybe opposition until proven (not just stated) safe is warranted?
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as if that's settled now!?
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What was *first* aroused was: "Gentlemen, this is no humbug".
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@sapinker Always proceed with caution and an open mind!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@SamHarrisOrg so did blood donation and euthanasia. Doesn't mean strong opposition/disgust is always innapropriate. Weak argument.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@SamHarrisOrg Morons. Had c-sec & appendectomy sans anesth. All part of god's plan, I guess. Thanks a lot, Eve.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker honestly I don't think many of us would accept to go through surgery with 19th century anesthesia.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Amazing and also true: Therac-25 had its critics tooThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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