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martin_a

I think you're about to understand the quote.

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I think I already understood the quote at the time of writing the previous comment…

Hence why I quoted the exact words.

Do you understand it?

Not sure why you're being confrontational? I'm not the OP but it's clear there's some misunderstanding

The quote is: - neat - plausible - wrong

"Just get rid of the cancer" is - neat because it sounds obvious and tidy - plausible because we can and do cut out cancer - wrong because it ignores the nuance that cutting into a patient's body can have massive impacts on long term health. It can also be wrong because certain cancers have no tumor sites.

No, I don’t think there’s a misunderstanding, unless the parent has literally never seen anyone on HN quote exact words before.

They’re likely being dumb and/or intentionally misleading.

The quote is meant as a type of sarcasm/humor. Meaning if a presented solution is neat and plausible it's likely going to be wrong.

I know… that’s why I wrote I’ve never seen such a solution for cancer presented as if it where both neat and plausible simultaneously.

If anyone offers an example that could have plausibly fooled the median HN reader at the time of reading, then I will change my mind.

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