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by f6v 646 days ago
Oh, pharma messes up all the time.

But it’s an interesting question. You can’t be too risk-averse because there’re thousands of patients dying horrible deaths every single day. There’s simply a need for bold approaches in many areas of medicine.

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I'd like to add a perspective that might not resonate with everyone, based on the famous quote: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." I sometimes adapt this to say: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a scam."