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Re:I Was An MIT Educated Neurosurgeon Now I'm Unemployed and... by jpcookie on Thursday July 11, 2024 @03:42AM (#40934486)
Yeah "positive thinking and going with the flow will fix disease". Tell me: why didn't everyone 1000 years ago live to be a hundred everywhere? Oh that's right: because it's not that simple.
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Re:I Was An MIT Educated Neurosurgeon Now I'm Unemployed and... by sethammons on Thursday July 11, 2024 @08:28AM (#40935949)
People long ago seem to all have great, straight teeth, and strong bones. Also a lot of them were killed by a rock to the head. Give and take, I guess
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Re:I Was An MIT Educated Neurosurgeon Now I'm Unemployed and... by trilbyglens on Thursday July 11, 2024 @01:25PM (#40938758)
Lol.

Or dead in childbirth at 14, or dead from gangrene from a small cut, or dead from diabetes or asthma or simple nearsightedness.

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Re:I Was An MIT Educated Neurosurgeon Now I'm Unemployed and... by willsmith72 on Thursday July 11, 2024 @01:48PM (#40938968)
You think more people used to die from fighting in ancient than in modern times?
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Re:I Was An MIT Educated Neurosurgeon Now I'm Unemployed and... by sethammons on Thursday July 11, 2024 @11:33PM (#40942549)
Absolutely. We live in the most peaceful and least violent age of all recorded human history.

https://towardsdatascience.com/has-global-violence-declined-...

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