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"cure to a lot of ailments ... criminally underfunded ... potential immortality".

I mean as a mechanism, "focused ultrasound" pretty much says it all. But how successful is it in trials? I think I took a quick look at some links (or googled) based on another one of your comments, but not being in the medical field, or currently needing any repairs that involve tissue ablation, I didn't spend too long investigating the state of the art.

FWIW, I didn't downvote you. I just want to encourage you to sound less crackpottish. Focus on peer-reviewed evidence for specific applications, don't allude to some miracle cure-all.

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I'm not saying it's available at your local walgreens. I'm just saying, like robot cars were a few years ago, it's an underinvested/underpromoted breakthrough sitting right under people's noses.

So you're attempting to remedy that by generically promoting it as a cure all, even claiming it's capable of providing immortality? I don't really think you are making an attempt to understand what I, or anybody else here, is saying. You're defending yourself as if we are just blind naysayers, but in fact those people didn't even bother commenting. I swear I'd seen some insightful comments from you before, so I figured that you might be open to seeing wisdom. However at this point, I give up.

Why such drastic measures like giving up. As I said in another comment, too low a claim and people think it's not worthwhile, too high and it's crackpotty. How do I get to the right balance?

Furthermore, I think the medical industry is full of unsystematic people. Every time you see a medical lab, it's a guy walking around physically moving petri dishes. That's why I'm trying to promote in the tech circles, they do overly ambitious things.

Rather than simply naysaying, people should give a concrete reason refuting the claim that focused ultrasound is potentially a cure-all. I can't think of any, and I've put thought into it.

So, just to reiterate - you're claiming to have a key to immortality, something that has been sought after for time immemorial, yet it is up to others to come up with evidence to refute your claim...

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