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by grecy 2788 days ago
> Cell phone aren't rare and cancer isn't rare. It means we have a very good statistical model. Cell phones have been widespread for 20 years now

Uh-huh, and cancer rates are absolutely skyrocketing, soon to be 50% of the population.

Why is that?

> fundamental physics go against the idea that cell phones cause cancer. We have more or less proved that cell phones don't cause enough cancer to matter.

You're missing my point. You should have said "fundamental physics, as we understand it today, can't explain how or why cell phones cause cancer, but there could be stuff we don't understand"

Have a good look at history and look at all the times we didn't understand stuff that we were doing, but we were pretty damn sure we did.

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Cancer rates are skyrocketing, and it is a good thing, because it means we are not dying from something else first.

As we eliminate causes of death, others raise naturally. Right now, in the first word, we are at about 1/3 heart disease, 1/3 cancer, 1/3 others. If we get to 50% cancer, I guess all we can do is blame cardiologists for doing a good job ;)