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Re: A Contagious Cancer That Jumped Between Species

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Post by d6de964 » Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 4:30 AM UTC

gnulinux wrote: post #16

tbrownaw wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given sufficient time, everything becomes inevitable.

What does "everything" mean in this sentence? Even things that are not allowed by the "model" of the universe?

The universe was created from nothingness, so yes.

Re: A Contagious Cancer That Jumped Between Species

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Post by whatshisface » Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 4:49 AM UTC

gnulinux wrote: post #16

tbrownaw wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given sufficient time, everything becomes inevitable.

What does "everything" mean in this sentence? Even things that are not allowed by the "model" of the universe?

Everything can tunnel, so on the scale of "truly silly times," the particles in your body might someday get back together for a reunion.

Re: A Contagious Cancer That Jumped Between Species

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Post by brownbat » Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 5:35 AM UTC

tbrownaw wrote: post #12

platz wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is cancer just an inevitable threshold one must reach on long enough timeline, due to entropy?

Given sufficient time, everything becomes inevitable.

Including closed loops?

Re: A Contagious Cancer That Jumped Between Species

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Post by andrelaszlo » Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 6:08 AM UTC

From the article: "these selfish shellfish cells"