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You are arguing for cruelty with a false dilemma. The symptoms are the problem. The suffering and loss of function are the problem. Sure, total causal knowle
by Nevermark 4y ago
You are arguing for cruelty with a false dilemma.
The symptoms are the problem.
The suffering and loss of function are the problem.
Sure, total causal knowledge and a perfect treatment would be nice. But until we have that, ignoring partial solutions in the name of medical research purity would be deeply irresponsible.
- DoreenMichele 4y agoSure, total causal knowledge and a perfect treatment would be nice. We won't get it if we never bother to look for it. I'm not arguing for cruelty. These articles make the front page of HN precisely because our current approach is so broken that people find the results horrifying.
- czx4f4bd 4y agoWhy do you think no one is bothering to look for it? I can go on Google Scholar right now and find thousands of articles exploring the causes of cluster headaches or anything else mentioned in the article.
- Nevermark 4y agoYou seem to frame efforts to treat patients as being competitive with further research. But active diagnoses, treatment attempts, and tracking of patient responsiveness, are indispensable to medical research. And it took less than a minute to Google up an overview of recent research progress along many avenues for cluster headaches, as an example: https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2020-059577.long https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2020-059577.long I think you can stop worrying that medicine has to make dire choices between best treatment efforts today vs. finding better treatments for tomorrow.