ricwally
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 Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:35 am Post subject: Alternate Cancer Concept |
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In probability theory, the Borel-Cantelli lemma is a theorem about sequences of events that is a fundamental maxim of the theory of natural selection. The theorem is perhaps best exemplified with the cliché that if an infinite number of monkeys sit at an infinite number of typewriters and randomly press keys, they will eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare. If we grant that this would eventually happen, then the same logic used to conclude this, would compel us to admit that there would be generated an unfathomable volume of typewritten gibberish in the process.
If a singe case of cancer is the culmination of a series of events, we should expect to see a multitude of incidences in which the whole chain of events did not occur. It is mathematically comprehendible how the DNA of an individual cell might go astray, and starts to reproduce itself repeatedly as outlined in our present cancer theory. But this event would be limited to grow only to the size that could be supported by the existing blood supply. It should yield a 'pea' sized growth. There should be occurrences in which the cell did reproduce itself, but the accompanying blood supply did not happen. The scientific community acknowledges the need to address the blood supply issue, and with great difficulty they have postulated a complex chain of events that is both mathematically and logically absurd. We are told that these cancer cells take on an immortal status, and acquire the ability to disguise themselves, and recruit allies in their defense, and a multitude of other special powers that are attributed only to cancer cells. When we examine this supernatural chain of events, and the obstacles that the cancer must overcome, and the safeguards that are in place to prevent these occurrences from happening the way they are described, one must wonder about the mathematical likelihood of this occurring even once.
There are two distinct ways in which a cell can be manufactured. The first method is by way of the cell replicating itself as outlined within that cell’s DNA. The second method is a slightly altered procedure whereby the body’s own immune system is sent to rapidly reproduce the surrounding tissues in an endeavor to heal over an area by way of scar tissue.
It is difficult to account for, nevertheless presently held that the immune system sits idle as cancer activity proliferates. Simultaneously it is observed and acknowledged that there is a corresponding activity in the lymphatic system. Often it is observed that the cancer has spread to the adjacent lymph nodes. Yet the purpose of the lymph nodes is to serve as the center for production of phagocytes, which engulf bacteria and poisonous substances. Lymph nodes are a vital component of the immune system, and are always associated with immune system activity. In other words, with every non cancerous situation, the enlarged lymph nodes indicates that the immune system is active and fulfilling its function. However we are told, in episodes of cancer, although it is acknowledged that the lymph nodes are active, the immune system is thought to remain inactive. The bewilderment that this event creates is made evident when we read the scientific explanation that attempts to account for why the immune system sits idle while the events that it is designed to prevent, take place in its domain. This anomaly has never been adequately addressed. It defies reason to accept that the immune system is doing nothing. A more credible explanation for this phenomenon could be that the immune system is doing everything. This is not as bizarre as it sounds since all of the characteristics of the cancerous activity; also happen to be normal immune system functions.
First we need to recognize that the immune system has three distinct components;
i) to identify foreign antigens that are deemed to be enemies of the body?
ii) to destroy these enemies of the body; and
iii) to repair any damage that may have occurred during this onslaught.
The mechanism that starts the repair process is triggered when the body experiences some form of trauma. Clearly once this process has been set in motion, there needs to be some mechanism in place to inform the body of when the healing process has been completed. That is to say, the body must be made to know when the rapid formation of scar tissue is no longer required, so that the immune system may end this elevated activity, and restore itself to the level of activity that existed prior to the trauma. It doesn’t require too much imagination to realize that the inability to shut off this repair process would result in a situation comparable to that which we presently attribute to cancer.
Cancer becomes much less mysterious if we simply view that the immune system is causing the lawless proliferation of growth, (since it is its job to do so,) and the immune system is also supplying the essential blood supply to support this new growth, by way of inflammation (again because it is its job to do so).
If we make this simple adjustment in our model for explaining cancer, (by taking the blame away from the individual cell’s DNA, and placing the blame on the immune system as a whole, or more specifically, the repair aspect of our immune system,) then we simplify things immensely. This phenomenon then becomes a candidate to apply Ockham’s razor. Why employ a complex set of beliefs when a simple explanation already exists? Unexplainable events become, for the first time, explainable.
Mark Twain is quoted as having said “What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure, that just ain’t so.” |
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discoclub
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Location: Vidor, TX
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:00 pm Post subject: Re: Alternate Cancer Concept |
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Punctuation, paragraphs, indentations and spacing may make this mostly unreadable article readable.
Is it really that hard to properly order a posting? |
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