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> "humans often are just not equipped to fight cancer." blanket statements like this are almost never correct. our bodies are certainly equipped to fight cance
by clairity 5y ago
> "humans often are just not equipped to fight cancer."
blanket statements like this are almost never correct. our bodies are certainly equipped to fight cancer, having evolved a number of mechanisms in that regard, it's just that cancer is relentless and the cumulative probabilities tend to catch up with a number of us eventually, which necessarily skews mortalities older.
with that said, we're certainly unlikely to naturally evolve ourselves out of cancer risk in the next few millenia, so yes, technology is one of our best bets (along with developing tech to reduce novel carcinogen risks).
- f6v 5y agoThere’s a big difference between “often” and “not at all”.