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Honestly, by pointing to your comments from previous discussions, you look like you have an ax to grind rather than being helpful. The truth is that we don't k

Honestly, by pointing to your comments from previous discussions, you look like you have an ax to grind rather than being helpful. The truth is that we don't know what causes Alzheimer's. Amyloids may or may not play as much of a role as some people think. But without a better hypothesis to test and get funding for, this is what they can do.

nonbel 8y ago
>"Honestly, by pointing to your comments from previous discussions, you look like you have an ax to grind rather than being helpful." I have no axe to grind. Just presenting the facts. Why would I requote everything? Nothing has changed since then. >"But without a better hypothesis to test and get funding for, this is what they can do." I mentioned the "better hypothesis" here. It is the only hypothesis that lead to treatments that seem to help at all: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18922340 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18922340