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Lumifer comments on Open thread, August 4 - 10, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 08 August 2014 03:28:19PM 3 points [-]

But is there room to optimize?

Maybe, but I don't think you can find out -- the data is too noisy and the variance is too big.

Besides, of course, the better your immune system gets, the more rarely will you get sick with infectious diseases...