tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5009862170506495257..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Occam's rusty razorRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-69802123452272656352017-03-28T08:56:31.291-04:002017-03-28T08:56:31.291-04:00"One wonders why the all-powerful, all-knowin..."One wonders why the all-powerful, all-knowing oz would have built in such a predictable defect as cancer, which exploits these mechanisms."<br /><br />1. What does Claason mean cancer "exploits" these mechanisms? Does he mean cancer has its own will or mind? Does he mean cancer is like bacteria or other microorganisms? There's a sense in which some of this might be true, but it depends on what Claason means.<br /><br />2. Cancer presupposes "these mechanisms" exist. Cancer is a dysregulation of "these mechanisms" in a particular direction. So a more fundamental question to ask is from where "these mechanisms" derive in the first place.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03485712450017778498noreply@blogger.com