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Metaphysical despair
by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Metaphysical despair
- louwrentius 2y agoThis one is interesting, can you elaborate?
- dmichulke 2y agoNot GP, but smart phones and social media lead to people having less real-world contact, fewer deep connections to others, less sex, ... which then leads to depression, anxiety, and "metaphysical despair" I suppose that's what GP meant.
- XorNot 2y agoLiterally none of those things cause cancer. In fact they would all reduce the incidence of cancer, because cancer rates can only rise if detection does. In the US healthcare system, this is even more unlikely if one is withdrawn from society - you can have cancer a long time before you'll think something is "wrong".
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- ifyoubuildit 2y agoWhy are you so confident that depression and anxiety don't cause cancer? Even if they didnt cause it directly, there is a whole raft of associated drugs that could absolutely cause cancer. It's not like this is a thing a trial would always catch (for exactly the reason you point out).
- XorNot 2y agoBecause depression rates and health effects are highly studied, and no one has found a correlation to cancer?[1] [1] https://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20230811/analysis-depression-anxiety-do-not-increase-the-risk-of-cancer https://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20230811/analysis-depressi...
- inglor_cz 2y agoThis is just one step away from "punishment of sins". Let's not introduce unfalsifiable hypotheses into the ring, at least not at HN. There's plenty of them already on Facebook and X.
- dr_dshiv 2y agoNo, let me apologize for my glib comment. To be clear— I don’t blame cancer victims. I just had a friend die who was about the most pure of heart and connected individual I know. What I’m pointing to, this metaphysical despair (as root cause), is the creation of an increasingly cancerous society.