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Yes, indeed.

I assume you're being sarcastic, which is odd, given that there is a fair bit of effort put in place to search for near-Earth asteroids that could potentially collide with the planet, with an eye toward eventually being able to deflect them, there are a lot of systems put in place to mitigate the effects of tsunamis, and quite a bit of research into rare genetic diseases.



asteroids: that's military tech in disguise, not humanity-saving foresight.

tsunamis: detection only, not prevention.

rare diseases: some are rare enough that virtually no substantive research is done.




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