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Re:UC Berkeley research fellow Michael Cohen dies at 25 by mxschumacher on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @07:45PM (#15405764)
dying from a disease is still a natural cause. Unnatural would be getting killed, suicide, accidents etc.
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Re:UC Berkeley research fellow Michael Cohen dies at 25 by goialoq on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @09:19PM (#15406152)
The term "natural causes" is a misnomer for "non-human-agent causes".
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Re:UC Berkeley research fellow Michael Cohen dies at 25 by Retric on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @10:30PM (#15406365)
Not quite, 'Eaten by shark' for example is not usually lumped under natural causes. Even if that's a natural event.
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Re:UC Berkeley research fellow Michael Cohen dies at 25 by microcolonel on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @09:35PM (#15406192)
It fits the "natural versus artificial" dichotomy. i.e. anything is natural if it comes about without human agency.
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Re:UC Berkeley research fellow Michael Cohen dies at 25 by lutorm on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @10:02PM (#15406269)
If I die from a lightning strike while hiking, I'm pretty sure that's not counting as "natural causes" either.
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