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You know, we've gotten really far with cancer. Turns out, it is a really complicated thing. Heck, some of it has turned to prevention (HPV vaccine, for example)

You know, we've gotten really far with cancer. Turns out, it is a really complicated thing. Heck, some of it has turned to prevention (HPV vaccine, for example). Aids is no longer the death bringer it once was. It is pretty amazing, really. We understand addiction better now, but politics gets in the way. Who knows what we could do otherwise. Heck, even the joke could be cured by simply being honest enough to admit divorce or an open marriage might be a better option than staying married. It seems to me that you are dismissing all the work we've actually done on these fronts. Of course there needs more money, as the research isn't finished. SOme of this is really complicated, and we didn't realize it was so much at first. Putting the same effort into this energy might not bring us what we dream, but similar improvements can be made. We would still be better off for having tried this stuff, I think.

giardini 9y ago
Broken_Hippo sez: "Heck, even the joke could be cured by simply being honest enough to admit divorce or an open marriage might be a better option than staying married." No, the point of the joke is that most people are not in fact as appealing when nude as we _imagine_ they might be beforehand. The joke is a poke at the optimism of imagination. As for cancer: - Certainly its complicated. But I question the value of and wisdom of the history of cancer "research", and especially chemotherapy, where people become essentially lab rats. And this has gone on for generations. Broken_Hippo sez: "It seems to me that you are dismissing all the work we've actually done on these fronts. Of course there needs more money, as the research isn't finished." Spoken like a true advertising shill for a cancer institute. Considering the amount of money spent, the actual _results_ are disappointing, to say the least. And money? Well, money! "Of course there needs more money, as the research isn't finished." [and one almost hears "... with luck, never _will_ be finished. We can milk this cash cow forever!"] Considering the money spent, the war on cancer is a black hole that pays, pays, pays for institutions, laboratories, inflated salaries for doctors, big pharma, and mostly useless research. http://www.newsweek.com/cancer-breakthroughs-cost-too-much-and-do-too-little-64531 http://www.newsweek.com/cancer-breakthroughs-cost-too-much-a... How much will you pay to keep your child alive? [usual answer: everything you have and everything you can mortgage or steal.] Who benefits? [Ans. cancer institutes, cancer hospitals, cancer doctors, big pharma, and their wives and families.] Want to buy a new Mercedes for an ontologist? Contribute to one of the cancer charities/hospitals/institutes.

giardini 9y ago

Broken_Hippo sez: "Heck, even the joke could be cured by simply being honest enough to admit divorce or an open marriage might be a better option than staying married." No, the point of the joke is that most people are not in fact as appealing when nude as we _imagine_ they might be beforehand. The joke is a poke at the optimism of imagination. As for cancer: - Certainly its complicated. But I question the value of and wisdom of the history of cancer "research", and especially chemotherapy, where people become essentially lab rats. And this has gone on for generations. Broken_Hippo sez: "It seems to me that you are dismissing all the work we've actually done on these fronts. Of course there needs more money, as the research isn't finished." Spoken like a true advertising shill for a cancer institute. Considering the amount of money spent, the actual _results_ are disappointing, to say the least. And money? Well, money! "Of course there needs more money, as the research isn't finished." [and one almost hears "... with luck, never _will_ be finished. We can milk this cash cow forever!"] Considering the money spent, the war on cancer is a black hole that pays, pays, pays for institutions, laboratories, inflated salaries for doctors, big pharma, and mostly useless research. http://www.newsweek.com/cancer-breakthroughs-cost-too-much-and-do-too-little-64531 http://www.newsweek.com/cancer-breakthroughs-cost-too-much-a... How much will you pay to keep your child alive? [usual answer: everything you have and everything you can mortgage or steal.] Who benefits? [Ans. cancer institutes, cancer hospitals, cancer doctors, big pharma, and their wives and families.] Want to buy a new Mercedes for an ontologist? Contribute to one of the cancer charities/hospitals/institutes.