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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Hmm. Are you asking in good faith, or to dogpile? Anyway, sure; I can explain why.

    The Gruesome - clickbait because “if it bleeds it leads.”
    Story - words like “story” are often plainly false when the article is a tiny blurb or fluff piece. Thankfully, this article is an actual story. But remember, it’s still bait.
    of How - clickbait because it asks a question it doesn’t answer, baiting the headline-reader to click.
    Neuralink’s Monkeys - oh, another Elon Musk altar. The press can’t get enough of Musk.
    Actually Died - more bleeding leading.

    Headlines can just be content, rather than a tease. This article title intentionally relays no new info.







  • Hmm. I’m new here. Why is this post getting downvotes (with no comments about why)?

    Edit: I originally phrased the question to be about “no-comment downvotes” which is too easy to misunderstand. I rephrased it since I do see downvotes, and thought downvoting was for content that doesn’t fit the community, or for other objections where it is expected that people would comment their objection rather than silently downvote and move on.


  • tldr: author is plainly dying, but can’t try risky new treatments because they might… harm his dying body(!?) and the poor widdle FDA might wook bad.

    We need to have a much stronger “right to try” presumption: “When Dying Patients Want Unproven Drugs,” we should let those patients try. I have weeks to months left; let’s try whatever there is to try, and advance medicine along the way. The “right to try” is part of fundamental freedom—and this is particularly true for palliative-stage patients without a route to a cure anyway. They are risking essentially nothing.