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goodmythical • yesterday at 4:57 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Couldn't your odds of developing a cancer be sloped to effectively zero if the odds are such that you are very likely to die of something else?

A person drunk driving at twice the speed limit in moderate traffic on a dark and rainy night without their lights on in an old vehicle with shoddy breaks and no traction control while not wearing a seatbelt and texting their ex probably has a near zero chance of developing a cancer given their near 100% chance of dieing in the next few moments.


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mapontosevenths • yesterday at 7:09 PM

> Couldn't your odds of developing a cancer be sloped to effectively zero if the odds are such that you are very likely to die of something else?

Suicide is at once the worst and most effective cure for cancer.