Philosophy Wire: Blood tests. Cancer. Death.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2015-01-10]: Blood test could pick up risk of cancer five years in advance, say Harvard scientists. [1] We already know we will die and yet we want to know when we will die. We do not want to accept that we are already dead and we try to convince our selves that we are alive. We do not want to truly live and that is why we avoid death...

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Philosophy Wire: One, Cancer, Equilibrium.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-03-02]: Scientists found out that giant leaps of evolution (macromutations) are what make cancer cells deadly. Metastasis is an extremely complex process. [wrench itself from the primary tumor > thrive independently > burst through the wall of a blood or lymphatic vessel > outwit the immune system > anchor and grow in a new location] [1] Evolution aims at survival. Survival aims at death (of someone else). In a way the cosmos constantly works in order to retain its initial balance from which it begun. Everything is One. And 1 will remain.

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