Comments on: Larry David, on why you should help a bald brother out http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/06/27/larry-david-on-why-you-should-help-a-bald-brother-out/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:59:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Planeten Paultje http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/06/27/larry-david-on-why-you-should-help-a-bald-brother-out/#comment-20164 Planeten Paultje Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:26:28 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2783#comment-20164 The guy is right. Cancer comes with a certain amount of status. This can be handy sometimes. Hey, when you have cancer anyway, why not make the best of it? But compare cancer with for instance a slowly debilitating problem like a vitamin B12 deficiency which, until it is finally diagnosed after a long series of tests, can make you feel lousy all day and less and less capable of functioning. Big fat chance you will be regarded as a querulant (lazy, makes mistakes, between the ears, etc...) and by the time you are correctly diagnosed your reputation will already be irrevocably damaged. So yes, let's cure cancer :-). The guy is right. Cancer comes with a certain amount of status. This can be handy sometimes. Hey, when you have cancer anyway, why not make the best of it?

But compare cancer with for instance a slowly debilitating problem like a vitamin B12 deficiency which, until it is finally diagnosed after a long series of tests, can make you feel lousy all day and less and less capable of functioning. Big fat chance you will be regarded as a querulant (lazy, makes mistakes, between the ears, etc…) and by the time you are correctly diagnosed your reputation will already be irrevocably damaged.

So yes, let’s cure cancer :-).

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