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Cancer rate after 40 is also not 10% per year. It is a reasonable simplification to demonstrate the point.
by zdragnar 6y ago
Cancer rate after 40 is also not 10% per year. It is a reasonable simplification to demonstrate the point.
- underwater 5y agoIf you just make up numbers to create a hypothetical model to explain an observation that's fine. But then it's just a theory. Sebb suggested that lower life expectancy leads to less cancer. Dsjoerg defined a hypothetical model that would lead to that happening, and then said that proves Sebb was correct. That's just circular reasoning. And when the hypothetical doesn't match observed reality it's a sign it might be broken.