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Wasn't he also a chain smoker?
by earnesti 2y ago
Wasn't he also a chain smoker?
- nbar 2y agoYes, but he tested for likelihood of lung cancer through gene screening. Odds we favourable so he kept smoking.
- cinntaile 2y agoI can't tell if you're joking or not but that's an interesting approach for sure. I'm surprised gene screening was accurate enough to do that 20-40 years ago?
- earnesti 2y agoLOL. I think he was an idiot, in that regards. Similarities to Steve Jobs, who resorted to quackery with his cancer. People can be geniuses and dumbasses at the same time.
- sk11001 2y agoI don't see the quackery, man liked smoking so he kept smoking. I think you're assuming some stronger claim about smoking or genetics which nobody has made.
- jodrellblank 2y agoWhat about giving cancer to others by secondary smoke inhalation, what about tongue cancer and mouth cancer and gum disease and cardio-vascular problems and breathing difficulties and eventual COPD and all the negatives of smoking that aren’t lung cancer?
- anonu 2y agoHe was. But it's irrelevant question on the topic of his success.
- lupire 2y agoIs it? Being on a constant drip of nootropic nicotine might be an important factor
- jandrewrogers 2y agoYes, famously so. I don't think I've ever met anyone that smoked as much as he did.