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powertower on Oct 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Biographer: Jobs refused early and potentially lif...

And if Jobs cured his cancer they would be saying how much of a smart man he was to try this alternative cure.

It's easy to pretent you have 20/20 hindsight on other peoples lives.

ceejayoz on Oct 21, 2011 [–]

> And if Jobs cured his cancer they would be saying how much of a smart man he was to try this alternative cure.

Not really. "Spontaneous remission is rare but it happens, lucky man!" would be the far more likely response.

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