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by chiefalchemist 2995 days ago
I agree. It makes sense.

This was probably not the best example given the context. None the less, without a clear and proven why any "cure" could be risky.

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> None the less, without a clear and proven why any "cure" could be risky.

The "why" is not as important as you might think. There are many drugs for which we don't know why they work, but we have clinical trials to test for their effectiveness and safety.

And clinical trials are more important than knowing the "why". For example, if you know why a drug inhibits such and such genes, then that is nice to know, but that doesn't tell you what other effects the drug has.