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Commenting on "More surgery for Angelina Jolie"
http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/more-surgery-for-angelina-jolie-20140313-34o26.html
We face risks at the time, whether we are sitting at home doing nothing fearing that a car may run over us if we cross the road, or getting out of the house to avoid the roof may fall onto us and crush us to death.
In Angela Jolie's case, she takes the pessimistic view that 50% chance she will get ovarian cancer or other form of cancers, instead of 50% chance that she will be alright and live a happy life without serious health issues.
Scientists and medical professionals believe that certain defective genes are likely to cause cancers to parts of the body. Is it that simple? Even after the target body parts are removed, the defective genes are still hanging around in the body. Are these nasties going to behave themselves properly or will they find others bad things to do?
Monistic approach in solving complex problems seems naive to me. The cause has not been eradicated and such time bomb will explode in due course. Every evasive and major operations cause damage to certain parts of the body, and resources within the body will have to be channelled to heal or replace those parts, thus compromising the wellbeing of other parts of the body.
If DNA has the genetic blue print of how the body should be built, how does the DNA handle such early termination of certain normal parts? Will the DNA try or send out signals to instruct the body to rebuild the missing parts. How sure are the scientists that the defective genes do not take note of these signals and cause trouble again?
Commenting on "More surgery for Angelina Jolie"
http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/more-surgery-for-angelina-jolie-20140313-34o26.html
We face risks at the time, whether we are sitting at home doing nothing fearing that a car may run over us if we cross the road, or getting out of the house to avoid the roof may fall onto us and crush us to death.
In Angela Jolie's case, she takes the pessimistic view that 50% chance she will get ovarian cancer or other form of cancers, instead of 50% chance that she will be alright and live a happy life without serious health issues.
Scientists and medical professionals believe that certain defective genes are likely to cause cancers to parts of the body. Is it that simple? Even after the target body parts are removed, the defective genes are still hanging around in the body. Are these nasties going to behave themselves properly or will they find others bad things to do?
Monistic approach in solving complex problems seems naive to me. The cause has not been eradicated and such time bomb will explode in due course. Every evasive and major operations cause damage to certain parts of the body, and resources within the body will have to be channelled to heal or replace those parts, thus compromising the wellbeing of other parts of the body.
If DNA has the genetic blue print of how the body should be built, how does the DNA handle such early termination of certain normal parts? Will the DNA try or send out signals to instruct the body to rebuild the missing parts. How sure are the scientists that the defective genes do not take note of these signals and cause trouble again?
