Re:The Algorithm Behind Jim Simons's Success
by nbar on Sunday May 26, 2024 @03:53AM
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Yes, but he tested for likelihood of lung cancer through gene screening. Odds we favourable so he kept smoking.
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Re:The Algorithm Behind Jim Simons's Success
by cinntaile on Sunday May 26, 2024 @04:30AM
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I can't tell if you're joking or not but that's an interesting approach for sure. I'm surprised gene screening was accurate enough to do that 20-40 years ago?
Re:The Algorithm Behind Jim Simons's Success
by earnesti on Sunday May 26, 2024 @05:49AM
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LOL. I think he was an idiot, in that regards. Similarities to Steve Jobs, who resorted to quackery with his cancer. People can be geniuses and dumbasses at the same time.
I don't see the quackery, man liked smoking so he kept smoking. I think you're assuming some stronger claim about smoking or genetics which nobody has made.
Re:The Algorithm Behind Jim Simons's Success
by jodrellblank on Sunday May 26, 2024 @09:08AM
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What about giving cancer to others by secondary smoke inhalation, what about tongue cancer and mouth cancer and gum disease and cardio-vascular problems and breathing difficulties and eventual COPD and all the negatives of smoking that aren’t lung cancer?