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I don't think this analogy is sufficient to answer that. we may need to delve deep into types and causes of cancer
by hn_throawlles 4y ago
I don't think this analogy is sufficient to answer that.
we may need to delve deep into types and causes of cancer
- pphysch 4y agoCancerous tumors represent corrupted cells or "hyperindividualists" that enrich themselves at the absolute expense of the host, and may end up killing it and themselves in the process.
- thegrimmest 4y agoThis requires a view that "society" is some sort of organism. Not everyone holds this view. Some of us think that we're a collection of individuals agreeing only to resolve disputes nonviolently (read: coexist not cooperate). It's also immediately problematic. Who gets to steer this organism?
- pixl97 4y agoIt is very weird that we think of ourselves as individuals, and not at minimum a part of some small collective. Those people ignore all evolutionary history that we didn't develop as individuals at all.
- pphysch 4y agoBy that reasoning, you are a collection of cells individually agreeing to coexist. If you are an organism/individual/ensouled being, then a society can be as well. > Who gets to steer this organism? It suggests the importance of a central nervous system (e.g. government).
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- whatshisface 4y agoWell, cancer is caused by a series of inopportune mutations, and prevented when the immune system clears out cells it recognizes are different. I don't like where this analogy is heading!
- marcosdumay 4y agoHum... In principle, we can require that a police force must exhibit more intelligence than our immune system. We are talking over a pile of evidence pointing that this doesn't always happen. But it's quite a jump to conclude that it can't ever happen.