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Originally Posted by alltherage
I find this scary. Mechanical engineering has been used solely for human convenience, and i think this draws a big fat grey line in that respect.
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What do you mean? Mechanical engineering hasn't just been used for human convenience, without the advances made in the past 100 years our societies would have long since collapsed due to famine and pestilence.
I think this kind of engineering is necessary to our continuing on this planet. If we continue to grow at the rate we are, we have to be able to grow our ability to use the resources available to us at the same rate. The alternative is mass culling of people, either by huge wars over dwindling resources or enforced breeding or something to stabalize the population.