According to Michael Levin's research, cancer happens when some cells disconnect from the organism-wide electric network that coordinates cell division and specialization. Cells need to share their state somehow to progress towards a common goal like forming a specific organ, and this is how they do it.
After I found out about this, I now view all other cancer research suspiciously. Them trying to maybe cure one specific type of cancer by blocking some specific protein now feels like they're trying to fix a bug in a react web app by carefully loading a crudely written kernel extension into the OS. Yes, it's technically possible, but wouldn't it make more sense to operate on the right abstraction level?
After I found out about this, I now view all other cancer research suspiciously. Them trying to maybe cure one specific type of cancer by blocking some specific protein now feels like they're trying to fix a bug in a react web app by carefully loading a crudely written kernel extension into the OS. Yes, it's technically possible, but wouldn't it make more sense to operate on the right abstraction level?