Rejuvenation and Cancer
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== Rejuvenation and Cancer == | == Rejuvenation and Cancer == | ||
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then the consequences are very severe. | then the consequences are very severe. | ||
| - | Cancer itself is like uncontrolled | + | Cancer itself is like uncontrolled "rejuvenation" in an organism: "rejuvenation" went awry. |
Like stem cells or embryonic cells, cancer cells do not age and can proliferate | Like stem cells or embryonic cells, cancer cells do not age and can proliferate | ||
without limits. Cancer cells and small tumors influence their environment to increase | without limits. Cancer cells and small tumors influence their environment to increase | ||
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* Science allows the self-rejuvenation by “granting the right” to create new theories and to explore new ways to explain nature. This freedom can lead to subsystems with the capacity to threaten the whole scientific system, for example in form of a paradigm shift. | * Science allows the self-rejuvenation by “granting the right” to create new theories and to explore new ways to explain nature. This freedom can lead to subsystems with the capacity to threaten the whole scientific system, for example in form of a paradigm shift. | ||
| - | In a 1995 essay | + | In a 1995 essay "Eternal Fascism", Umberto Eco attempts to |
list general properties of fascist ideology. One could add | list general properties of fascist ideology. One could add | ||
| - | + | "lack of differentiation", "uncontrolled growth" beyond | |
the normal limits, invasion of adjacent systems, and | the normal limits, invasion of adjacent systems, and | ||
| - | generally | + | generally "malignant, aggressive and egoistic behavior" |
to the list - the hallmarks of cancer. | to the list - the hallmarks of cancer. | ||
Fascism is a bit like cancer for politics. The political | Fascism is a bit like cancer for politics. The political | ||
