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prase comments on [LINK] Why did Steve Jobs choose not to effectively treat his cancer? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: prase 13 October 2011 03:34:47PM *  7 points [-]

Speculation: to an uneducated person medicine appears as magic. An educated person understands that doctors aren't conjurers and evaluates it as a bug; he wants magic to save his life.