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		andrewflnr on Nov 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Peto’s Paradox I just figured that with enough cells and enough time, any probability of cancer distinguishable from 0 becomes indistinguishable from 1, so large animals either learn to totally prevent cancer or die young.

ravi-delia on Nov 8, 2022 [–]

Same goes for us though, no? Seems like you just need to push the expected time until onset past death by other issues, or at least reproduction

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