Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] predicting the future

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

*shrugs* The body is nothing more than a machine. Any machine can be 
analyzed and fixed. You may have to develop the tools and techniques 
needed to analyze the machine before you can fix it but it's all an 
orderly step-by-step process. There is nothing magical involved in 
curing cancer so therefore it can be cured if we want to put enough 
effort and money into it.

Mental illness is a bit trickier because the brain gets into the realm 
of software which is less likely to work by an orderly system and harder 
to fix because those things we can analyze are often symptoms rather 
than causes. Still something that should be able to be fixed but it will 
probably be a lot harder than cancer. For one thing, defining mental 
illness can vary a lot between cultures and time periods and even 
individuals. It'd be easier to find a fix for a specific mental illness. 
Alzheimer's for example could be studied and a cure, or prevention at 
least, found.
> I believe that the reason why we haven't yet found the cure for cancer 
> or mental illness is because these are extraordinarily difficult 
> problems to solve.  I for one am very impressed by how far we have come.


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