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I hope war reaches you one day, in all it's terrifying glory. The we can circle back to this conversation and reflect on how you feel about contributing to humanity's readiness against that alien invasion.

Humans aren't cells. We are individual sentient beings.

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> We are individual sentient beings.

This is exactly what cancerous cells would say if they could.

This is a baffling statement.

What is baffling about it? It makes sense to me. A normal cell will kill itself if asked to, a cancerous cell will refuse. On some level you could interpret this as, the cancer prioritizing its own survival over the survival of the organism. Obviously the cells aren't conscious, but the analogy seems clear to me.

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