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		stavros on Feb 21, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most types of cancer not due to “bad luck” [pdf] Yeah, I know, I'm just echoing the perennial exasperation at science advancing bit by uncertain bit.

calinet6 on Feb 21, 2015 [–]

Hopefully sarcastically, because in the face of such overwhelming uncertainty, that is the only way we can advance, and therefore we must continue.

stavros on Feb 21, 2015 | [–]

Why sarcastically? Wouldn't you like to wave a magic wand and know things with certainty?

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