Notes Aikev: cause and effec
Notes
Aikev: cause and effect
developed there is no good verb for cancer: caught? got? developed? smitten by? Nothing really works
2. I also thought that a person who believes in the surgeon is foolish, The surgeon is following a recipe that he knew would not save the patient. I am not sure who was folish here. I know that the surgeon was arrogant
The surgeons wife went on to die from breast cancer
confused: fused together
model: not a constant truth, an idea of how something works that is subject to change and probably will change.
Our model of how cancer works in 2014 ( errors in signal transduction) is only distantly related to our ideas in 1990 ( errors in DNA )
may or may not have the same disease The definition of disease changes.
The definition of a cancer based upon its microscopic appearance is replaced by a definition based upon gene expression
prejudices: like "the more toxic the treatment, the more effective it is"
common law: what you can get sued for, regardless of science
model: not a constant truth, an idea of how something works that is subject to change and probably will change.
Our model of how cancer works in 2014 ( errors in signal transduction) is only distantly related to our ideas in 1990 ( errors in DNA )
may or may not have the same disease The definition of disease changes.
The definition of a cancer based upon its microscopic appearance is replaced by a definition based upon gene expression
prejudices: like "the more toxic the treatment, the more effective it is"
common law: what you can get sued for, regardless of science
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