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by barrysteve 977 days ago
And some billionaires aren't afraid enough, of death. Steve Jobs could have outlived his pancreatic cancer if he got it treated on time and didn't indulge in fake cures.

Honsetly if you're an 80yr old billionaire who has done 'everything', why not go for some mind encoding shenanigans?
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tempmac 977 days ago
> didn't indulge in fake cures.

maybe he WAS afraid of death, but didn't trust the modern stat-based medical methods?

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barrysteve 977 days ago
maybe so. 2010 was a different time and science still had a positive reputation.

the quality of evidence required, to culturally settle an argument or otherwise allow for positive action, has dropped off a cliff.

evidence my older brother would scoff at, is coming out of trained professionals' mouths.

the justification for big risks on little evidence flows waaay too easily lately.

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