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flying_kiwi··on Temozolomide Is Explosive
> It's just kind of unbelievable that cancer remains so elusive

One of the problems with cancer is that it's really an umbrella term that covers a huge variety of problems to solve. There are many, many ways for the normal cell lifecycle to get disrupted, and they will all respond differently to different treatments. I'm not sure if a single technology will ever appear to allow all cancers to be treated.

flying_kiwi··on Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lithium from seawater
Yes. Chlorine is used in many industrial processes and as a base material for a lot of things, including PVC plastic.
flying_kiwi··on Why “Trusting the Science” Is Complicated
This is a _ridiculously_ charitable interpretation. These comments were immediately following other presenters talking about success in sterilising surfaces in hospitals etc.

"bringing the [powerful surface-sterilising UV] light inside the body" and "injection inside or a cleaning [of, again, powerful surface disinfectant]" is a five-year-old's idea of how stuff works.

And "oh it wouldn't be through injections, almost a cleansing and sterilization of an area" - what does that even _mean_? Clearly just backtracking once people started making fun of how dumb the original statement is.

flying_kiwi··on A controversial company using DNA to sketch the faces of criminals
Surely the company website is only going to put up photos where their predictions closely match reality. You don't get to see all their failures.
flying_kiwi··on In 4 US state prisons, 3,300 inmates test positive, 96% without symptoms
It's amazing how much the political left is able to get done with the political right controlling the senate and the presidency :)
flying_kiwi··on A new book critiques medicine
These comments just reek of the silicon valley tech-bro myth that because you're good with computers you must know better than the millions of brilliant smart people in $INDUSTRY. The absolute arrogance.
flying_kiwi··on A new book critiques medicine
> Walking in the woods is probably as effective as the average anti depressant

citation very fucking needed.