.” It’s an unusual claim, and it comes with particular questions about method, ethics, and what we mean by life.
A technology for accurately predicting death promises to upend the way we think about our mortality. For most people, most of the time, death remains a vague consideration, haunting the shadowy recesses of our minds. But knowing when our life ends, having an understanding of the days and hours left, removes that comfortable shield of abstraction.
in an attempt to beat the odds. If the prediction came far enough in advance, most of us might even try to prevent the eventuality or avert the outcome. Science fiction often tantalizes us with that possibility; movies likefranchise use advanced knowledge of the future to change the past, averting death and catastrophe before it happens.
The result of all these measurements isn’t an exact date and time. Instead, it provides medical professionals with the ability to accurately predict the top percentage of patientslikely to die , just by a prick of the needle and a small vial of blood. That might not seem like much of a crystal ball, but it’s clear this is merely a leaping-off point.
p r e v e n t death
Yes. Yes it will be bad because some company will find a way to use it to determine who lives or dies in a fatal self-driving car crash. No one asked for this. We don't need this.
Don't mess with nature!.
death prediction.. how? when it's fixed/dated while someone is still alive or..? Besides, there are many known fatal deseases..
jennykleeman
Great news for capitalist insurance companies
Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality.
Être con à ce point c’est hallucinant
Ha. Pay wall. Fitting
Oooo tell me!