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>A different model suggests that very low levels are either benign or even helpful. Ah, the classic shoot yourself with small caliber bullets to build up an im
by ziddoap 5y ago
>A different model suggests that very low levels are either benign or even helpful.
Ah, the classic shoot yourself with small caliber bullets to build up an immunity against the larger caliber ones!
- api 5y agoThe radiation hormesis idea is controversial but that is a bad argument against it. Molecular scale events interacting with molecular scale DNA repair machinery is a different physical context than bullets. The body is hit by natural radiation all the time and so it has mechanisms for this. Not so much for macroscopic projectiles. The question is how these mechanisms behave and whether a small amount of radiation stimulates them… and then how much, for how long, etc. It’s a complex model with multiple systems and feedback loops.
- ziddoap 5y ago>The radiation hormesis idea is controversial but that is a bad argument against it Jokes don't translate well in ASCII, sorry. It's a (I thought) well known meme.