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This would be a great thing for all of the AI companies to devote some energy towards. Especially with their reputations in decline. Surely there must be some patterns the AIs could find if we had enough data about the people who died from cancer.
Yes, one good data point is pollution, which all these companies are prollific at.
If I had to bet, it would be on HPV causing a majority of the rise in colorectal cancer. It is a major cause of throat cancer in men[0] and causes almost 100% of cervical cancer in women[1]. We have had a significant increase in anal sex over the past 10+ years[2] and are now seeing an increase in colorectal cancer. "Britain has found that the proportion of 16- to 24-year-olds engaging in heterosexual anal intercours…
What I find interesting is the concept of dead food versus live food. This is just something I wonder about. For example a dead apple is one that was picked a year ago, sold today, kept in storage until now. Long shelf life - is the crucial change in our eating that I can see. When was the last time you had a fresh apple? Does the food industry want us to consider the health benefits of a dead apple versus a living a…
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> I keep wondering why. Mainly because the distinction you are making doesn't actually exist. An apple doesn't "lose" anything by being stored. There are no preservatives, just refrigeration. The apple will proceed to go bad just as quickly once taken out of storage, and it will be just as nutritious as if you had eaten that same apple fresh off the tree. You can also take that same apple that's been in storage for a…
This is simply not true. A calorie is a calorie might be true, and its hard to know which is healthier for any single fresh vs storage example but plenty of chemical processes are going on. It could certainly be the case that a small number of storage examples where particular changes occur cause particular risks that account for a significant portion of cancer.
"It's not at absolute zero, therefore there's some chemical process going on, therefore we don't know if it's causing significant portions of cancer"?
The number of things you can say that about is frankly infinite. You have zero reason to believe that any of the "chemical processes" that happen to an apple (or any food) in long term storage have anything to do with cancer.
This is a great example of correlation not equaling causation. You might as well say that writing years starting with a "2" could cause particular risks that account for a significant portion of cancer because of the different motions of our hand affecting our lymphatic system etc etc.
Irresponsible fearmongering with no foundation whatsoever.
Chronic inflammation is almost certainly part of this and lots of things about our modern ways of living cause higher levels of inflammation. - Obesity and sugary drinks/food - Various chemicals we use in agriculture, food products, cleaning, etc - Lack of sleep - Lack of exercise - Stress - Pharmaceuticals. And to be clear because I know this will be more controversial, I'm not anti-pharma, but lots of people today…
> - More radiation emitting devices
Yeah you should absolutely not be going out in the sun for your vitamin D if you believe the latter to be a cause because the sun emits many orders of magnitude more radiation than human made devices in daily use.
My wild guess before reading the article: unhealthy food. A big part of which is herbicides and pesticides. I will now read the article.
If anything, food supply in the past 20 years uses a lot less pesticides and herbicides: look at the rise of organic sections in any supermarket. Since 2000 organic food went from niche to mainstream.
Stats and population level studies are hard work. You need to vote somebody in who will support this, or live with the consequences.
My wild guess before reading the article: unhealthy food. A big part of which is herbicides and pesticides. I will now read the article.
Well since we're speculating randomly I vote for * too much rage bait videos raising rage hormones * too much performing for social media * suppressing expression for fear of cancellation * exposure to too many varieties of food/cuisine * video games * anime Yes, these are all tongue-in-cheek but come on, the random speculation here is all ridiculous