Think about it our population has more than tripled in but a few years, and most of it is due cause of all these break throughs in modern medicine. People are living longer, small infections aren't killing us so easily. Our chances of survival hav grown exponentially. But I mean all of this is leading us to get to a point in wish we may not have enough food, resources, energy, or clean water to keep living. We would have killed ourselves. So do you think modern medical advancements will keep us alive long enough for us to Kill the earth and ourselves with it?
2006-06-23 05:26:42 · 10 answers · asked by raider_way 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
The problem is that you are misunderstanding population statistics. Medical advances are common in industrialized countries, and in most industrialized countries there is no population problem. In fact in some places like Japan, and some countries in Europe they are experiences population slow down or regression. The main cause is that the more education and money someone has the less likely they are to procreate.
Unfortunately the population of the world is ever expanding, but in the worst areas. This population explosion is happening in 3rd world countries. Sadly, this means that millions of those new babies will die due to lack food and clean water.
Therefore the answer to your question is an easy, "No." Medical advances that allow people to live longer and healthier lives are not available to the majority of the world. The populations that are effected by these medical break throughs simply do not make up enough of the world or procreate enough to be a detriment to themselves.
2006-06-23 05:40:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the problem is less the actual advances and more how we misuse them. For instance, we shouldn't be interfering in third world countries and supplying medicines without first educaing them how to manage themselves and their populations in a responsible way. If you think about it, the ideal of a "prime directive" like in Star Trek should be adhered to and societies should develop at their own pace instead of being forced into modernity by the West for the sake of exploiting cheap labour or the natural resources.
Natural selection has been taken out of the equation and that is not a good thing for the long term viability of the human race. Sometimes the best thing to do is to turn a blind eye and let nature takes is course as God intended, since we obviously don't have the knowledge to substitute that as of yet.
2006-06-23 05:35:37 · answer #2 · answered by PALADIN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Essentially, you are asking a question that is more related to population... via the ability of humans to live longer.
Just lately, I have begun to think that humanity may have a built in population regulation mechanism that uses war as the main device. It would explain why we are so naturally self-predatory.
If I'm right, we've just about reached another culling and a large global conflict is imminent.
No matter how smart we get, we'll still be subject to that inner machine that makes us all go mad and kill each other before we over populate.
2006-06-23 05:34:16 · answer #3 · answered by sincityq 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I would have to agree with you. I don't have a medical background but I think medicine is actually making people weaker. At the first sign of a sniffle, a cough, a runny nose, and people grab the VIcks. The problem is that our immune systems do not learn how to kill things on its own. We rely on medicines to cure us instead of our natural system. Secondly, I think modern medicine is allowing weak people to stay alive, breed (I know it sounds harsh considering we're humans), and pass on weak genes to our children. Again none of this is medically based, but I think certain diseases would no longer be around if the people the diseases infected died as nature intended. They would not have the opportunity to pass on the genes that made them susceptible to the disease. Then I agree with what you said as well regarding how the population is growing and putting tremendous stress on our resources. Having said this, I know quite a few dear, sweet people who have died from disease, or who are currently dying and I wish that it didn't have to happen to them. And I am glad that I have had the chance to meet them and I am thankful for medicine giving me the most time with them
2006-06-23 05:38:19 · answer #4 · answered by Stalin500 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problems of longevity will be solved one way or another.
You can't kill the earth by overpopulating it with one species, you might cause a mass extinction that way, but the earth's life would eventually recover.
Humanity will either get it's reproductive and materialistic excesses under control or risk causing a global dark age. Either way overpopulation problem solved.
2006-06-24 05:08:56 · answer #5 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we're inventing new things so that people can stay a live a little bit longer and achieve the full benefits of life and (in return) do something useful to mankind.
just like alexander graham bell, you cant hold him responsible for your crazy phone bill, can you?
2006-06-24 03:57:13 · answer #6 · answered by shydock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
modern advancements let the weak survive and pass along genetic material. that's why eugenics gets popular every so often
2006-06-23 07:02:53 · answer #7 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at it this way, Medicine allows us to live longer and we waste it by making mistakes.
2006-06-23 05:35:18 · answer #8 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There will always be war and homosexuals to help control the population.
2006-06-23 05:32:40 · answer #9 · answered by ninasscreanname 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
god decides when we die
2006-06-23 05:39:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋