Something I've wanted to write for a while, on miracle cures, our love - and sometimes need - for them, and why they just aren't possiblehttps://medium.com/@gidmk/there-are-no-miracle-cures-7252ea5043f3 …
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We love the message "this will cure old age", even though a) old age isn't a disease and b) there's unlikely to ever be a single thing that prevents us ageing
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Cancer is similar - there are so many thousands of types of cancer, the complexity alone makes it pretty much impossible for a single "cure" to be found
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The problem is that we love the IDEA of a miracle cure. One pill daily for endless life and health? Sign me up!
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So we thirst after stories of scientists finding that one cure that will fix it all, even though we all know that there's probably never going to be one anyway
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