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[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Do I have to choose one? The world food program is never overfunded, and that would buy a stupid amount of lobbying for whatever overlooked domestic issue, or even just research grants for neglected but foundational things. Boring/ugly animals could also use conservation.

[โ€“] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe we understood the question differently: are you saying that if you could choose between researching Star Trek's food replicator and feeding people for a day, you'd choose fish?

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

No. And cool wording by the way.

Assuming 100% success, yeah, replicators would be a great choice. Or maybe that skin cream that fixes everything including intangible life problems from that one short. Assuming actual science stuff, benevolent AI maybe, so we don't have to worry about the other kind, and so it can hopefully research everything else.