Posted on 11/20/2014 11:06:48 AM PST by Mellonkronos
Interesting here to see transhumanists again talking about moving offshore—literally!—to avoid government regulations. -- Mellonkronos
“Researchers, Ahoy! Should Futurist Science Move… Offshore?"
By Nikki Olson
November 9, 2014 http://transhumanity.net/researchers-ahoy-should-futurist-science-move-offshore/
What is the likelihood of seeing research vessels devoted to scientific research outside the bounds of national jurisdiction?
The idea of relocating for the sake of circumventing law, in particular the notion of establishing new nations in international waters, is an idea typically initiated with liberty in mind.
The Principality of Sealand, for instance, established in 1967, was founded with the intention of creating a space free from “oppressive laws and restrictions of existing nation states.” Similarly, the start-up group, The Seasteading Institute, aims at creating platforms for experimentation with new forms of governance, which Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel suggests may include systems with no welfare and fewer building codes. A means to liberty, and more specifically, improved health and wellness, is implicated by the prospect of science and medicine operating in international waters.
Medical tourism, the practice of seeking medical treatment outside one’s country of residence, increases the range of treatment options for patients, as well as drives down cost, and counteracts local systemic inefficiencies. Medical boats, in particular, operating altogether free of national regulation, further these ends, as well as open up the possibility for even more pertinent and flexible treatment.
For instance, the idea of ships offering in vitro fertilization, flying Denmark flags, has been proposed to provide UK residents with a service, locally illegal. In the U.S., major delays in safe and effective regenerative medical services are likely. Regenerex, a company offering regenerative stem cell therapies, faces a potential halt in operation by the FDA...
(Excerpt) Read more at transhumanity.net ...
Pretty small since most futurist research has gone beyond shaking its tin cup at the government and is instead hitting it over the head to beat money out of it. As payment, it makes sure that the research results match the current ideology.
The easier solution is relocating to a country that has no problems letting them do the research there.
And as a bonus, they’ll be able to enjoy the simple pleasures of a monkey knife fight....
Actually, Switzerland is pretty good. Private labs approve new medicines and medical devices. The government licenses the labs but at least it is better than the U.S. system. And Switzerland has pretty mountains. And everyone is required to own a gun so crime is pretty low!
When Obamacare came along, I suggested that large investors buy old hospital ships and station them in international waters to service the millions of people who will eventually be barred from being in charge of their own health care. Now it appears that researchers will have to do the same thing.
as long as my tax dollars doesn’t support them they can do as they please. the word ‘crackpot’ comes to mind though
Most transhumanists are just talk. There are many people working to advance humanity and most don’t consider themselves to be transhumanists.
The only scientists we have to worry about are the ones that don’t respect human life. Those scientists that destroy fertilized embryos, or those that perform gene experiments on humans that are not designed to treat genetic defects but rather create hybrids should move offshore. We don’t want them here.
So, you signed up today and your first act is pimping your blog?
Humblegunner? Thoughts?
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Shouldn't be excerpted. Shouldn't even be allowed, as it is pure crap.
I have no idea what you’re talking about. This is not my blog or website. I am not Nikki Olson. But I am very interested in science and liberty and this piece interests me. No clue why you call posting—the whole point of Free Republic—pimping. (But if I write something interesting off this website I’ll link to it.) I guess I still have to learn the ways of Free Republic.
You don’t link blogs. Blogs should be posted in their entirety.
You will learn.
I’ll have to say I really have trouble separating a blog from any other text article. I see stuff, for example, on the Reason website. They all look like articles. Some are by people who write regularly. Are those blogs? Would a piece by George Will or Krauthammer who are favorites of mine be blogs? Bear with me folks as I sort this all out!
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