Blueberry comments on Diseased thinking: dissolving questions about disease - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Blueberry 01 June 2010 11:13:17AM 6 points [-]

Cancer patients are not responsible for cancer as the cause of cancer is separate from decisions that you make.

Actually, many human behaviors like smoking and exposure to sunlight can cause cancer.

Comment author: Sly 01 June 2010 07:03:29PM 1 point [-]

Ah true. I had something like brain cancer in mind when I wrote this. But yes, lung cancer in smokers would also fall into the second category.