If you could rid the world of one thing

[GoHuge]

What would it be? At this time last year I would have said Carl Peterson, but he is gone now. My pick would be religion. There is more bad shit that happens every day because of religion than anything else except maybe money. Well that and Natural Light. If you had the power what would you change? No wrong answers here.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by boogblaster

Greed ... it controls us all in one way or another .....

This.

Insecurity would be a close second.

[SPATCH]

Originally Posted by Hootie

Vinny Del Negro.

idk... they were pretty damn impressive after the salmons/miller deal... he did make some pretty shocking coaching decisions though

[SPATCH]

Originally Posted by SNR

Wait, what? Why? How?

he probably just watched the movie, "the fountain"... pretty stupid movie actually

[Crush]

I am going to have to go with greed, as well. If you take away greed, then the resulting domino effect should take care of the rest of the world's problems.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by the_spatula

he probably just watched the movie, "the fountain"... pretty stupid movie actually

Yeah, disappointing flick. Had potential.

[Crush]

Without death, the world would become a pretty shitty place due to the resulting overpopulation and the rapid exhaustion of our natural resources.

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by SNR

Wait, what? Why? How?

Because it's simply the degeneration of cells. Preventing or stopping that would be a very good step. Of course, we'd also have to have an exit strategy off the planet in case of overpopulation.

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

I'm pretty sure that if I'm fortunate enough to live to be old as ****, I'll probably welcome death.

As would I, but that presumes that we'd get that far. The current theory about what I've put forth suggests that they'll develop a therapy that x age range will take. And by the time that dose will have done all it can, another will exponentially build on that until it effectively keeps us alive forever. The downside is the cutoff point of people that can and cannot accept therapy.

Here's the leading guy in this realm:

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

Death would be my #1 option, simply because I view it as a disease we haven't cured yet.

But a close second would be religion - just like others have suggested.

Whatever dude. The world population would be too much for our resources to handle.

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by the_spatula

he probably just watched the movie, "the fountain"... pretty stupid movie actually

No, I didn't. But I actually think that's one of the most underrated movies ever.

Of course, I don't know why that would influence me to post what I did. It has the antithesis of my position in essence.

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

Because it's simply the degeneration of cells. Preventing or stopping that would be a very good step. Of course, we'd also have to have an exit strategy off the planet in case of overpopulation.



As would I, but that presumes that we'd get that far. The current theory about what I've put forth suggests that they'll develop a therapy that x age range will take. And by the time that dose will have done all it can, another will exponentially build on that until it effectively keeps us alive forever. The downside is the cutoff point of people that can and cannot accept therapy.

Here's the leading guy in this realm:

Gotcha. I've actually read about this before in Scientific american. It's not out of the realm of possibility. Our cells could definitely reproduce to the point of immortality.

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by beach tribe

Whatever dude. The world population would be too much for our resources to handle.

That's another hurdle, not a brick wall. To see it as such just limits yourself.

We have yet to even touch space research in any useful capacity.

[rockymtnchief]

Disease, famine, and Monday mornings.

[DeezNutz]

Obviously, we'd only allow the good looking people to receive therapy.

Do you really want to go to the store and have to say, "That ugly mother****er is STILL here?"

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by beach tribe

Whatever dude. The world population would be too much for our resources to handle.

I've heard that we could house the entire population of the planet in the state of Texas provided everyone lived in NY city style housing.

[SPATCH]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

I've heard that we could house the entire population of the planet in the state of Texas provided everyone lived in NY city style housing.

irrelevent... it doesn't mean we aren't exhausting the world's resources... because we are