Why curing cancer is a bad idea

[Harm94]

Fun Fact: Your body fights off cancer everyday and fitness helps your body eliminate cancer cells. Being out of shape weakens your ability to do that and increases the risk of cancer cells forming and replicating.

So rather than promoting a cure, or wiping out a chunk of the herd. I say we promote cancer prevention and the colonization of mars.

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[snozola]

Fun Fact: Your body fights off cancer everyday and fitness helps your body eliminate cancer cells. Being out of shape weakens your ability to do that and increases the risk of cancer cells forming and replicating.

So rather than promoting a cure, or wiping out a chunk of the herd. I say we promote cancer prevention and the colonization of mars.

Yesh

[PrototypeCow]

-loel-

Yeah, I misunderstood your post. I agree with you on that though.

[Harm94]

Also I should mention that our DNA is always getting damaged and replicated so for each new replicated DNA there is a slight mutation, but again if you are out of shape it doesn't replicate as good so either your body forms a defect or you risk passing on your stuffty replicated DNA to an offspring.

[sir dooble]

There are also many types of cancer.  That could be a factor in cancer being 100% cured.

True, but at it's most basic level a cancer is the same thing. A cell that has mutated (for numerous reasons), and no longer has control of itself and grows/replicates out of control, spreading and damaging other cells.

The main difference between types of cancer is where they are situated and the damage they can do in their situation.
Stomach Cancer, Lung Cancer, Liver Cancer, Brain Cancer, Bone Cancer, Skin Cancer... They're all cancers, they're just in different places and so have different effects, may have come about due to different reasons, might have slightly different mutations present, and they might respond differently to treatments, or not suitable for some treatments.


'Meh, it's a bit awkward.
Cancers are very very different from each other, but at the same time, they're mostly the same thing.

Fun Fact: Your body fights off cancer everyday and fitness helps your body eliminate cancer cells. Being out of shape weakens your ability to do that and increases the risk of cancer cells forming and replicating.

So rather than promoting a cure, or wiping out a chunk of the herd. I say we promote cancer prevention and the colonization of mars.

This is true, and I would promote cancer prevention equally (Whether that's promoting fitness or educating the stupid about things like excessive sunbathing), but even the fittest people can get cancer spontaneously.

I wouldn't suggest working for a cure, but just better treatments and prevention.
I don't need to be immune to cancer.
I just want it to be quickly dealt with with few long-term side effects if I get it, and for me to be less likely to get it in the first place..

[PrototypeCow]

On the topic of genetic mutation, what are you guy's opinions on helping challenged people? Some people argue that letting them pass on their genes contaminates the gene pool and that a perfect gene pool that promotes lots of health can only be achieved if those people are singled out.

[Electrk]

dooble, you write a lot

[hodototman]

dooble, you write a lot

for a good cause

[shyGriff]

dooble give me your writing skills this isnt fair

[snozola]

On the topic of genetic mutation, what are you guy's opinions on helping challenged people? Some people argue that letting them pass on their genes contaminates the gene pool and that a perfect gene pool that promotes lots of health can only be achieved if those people are singled out.

That would need a government regualtion on who has love and who doesn't, or even worse government sterilizing.  But, I see your idea.

[PrototypeCow]

That would need a government regualtion on who has love and who doesn't, or even worse government sterilizing.  But, I see your idea.

im very undecided on that issue because i dont want everyone to have autism or sumtings but i dont want the challenged people to be harmed or something either

[sir dooble]

On the topic of genetic mutation, what are you guy's opinions on helping challenged people? Some people argue that letting them pass on their genes contaminates the gene pool and that a perfect gene pool that promotes lots of health can only be achieved if those people are singled out.

These people derive from random mutation from normal genes.
Removing them from the gene pool wouldn't eradicate those genes, since they're present in the normal populace.
You'd still get them.

And I suppose it depends on the specific disease itself, but a number of genetic mutations lead people to be sterile, or atleast incapable of having intercourse.


I have no problem with helping these people live. They have as much right to a happy life as I do. They didn't choose to be born the way they were, in the same way that I didn't choose to be born how I am. And I wouldn't restrict their ability to reproduce since it would be immoral and futile.

[snozola]

im very undecided on that issue because i dont want everyone to have autism or sumtings but i dont want the challenged people to be harmed or something either

Autism will not consume the entirity of humanity.  Unlike what Eliptats believes.

Disabilities effect people, but it is not like an epidemic or something.

These people derive from random mutation from normal genes.
Removing them from the gene pool wouldn't eradicate those genes, since they're present in the normal populace.
You'd still get them.

And I suppose it depends on the specific disease itself, but a number of genetic mutations lead people to be sterile, or atleast incapable of having intercourse.


I have no problem with helping these people live. They have as much right to a happy life as I do. They didn't choose to be born the way they were, in the same way that I didn't choose to be born how I am. And I wouldn't restrict their ability to reproduce since it would be immoral and futile.

This, oh mah glob those are good thoughts.

[LegendZ]

Great thread 10/10 would read again.

Ironic part is that colon cancer runs in my family, but so far only 1 on my father's side have died of it. Everyone else died natural deaths.

[Zaure]

No, that's incredibly stupid. I bet you'd instantly change your opinion if you were diagnosed with cancer. If you deny that, you don't have a will to live. Let's say you're diagnosed with cancer, are destined to die tomorrow but they suddenly find a cure. Are you just going to say "lol no thanks can't let world overpopulate, let me die"? No, you won't.