> Maybe curing cancer in the 2020s is way harder than going to the moon in the 1960s. I have no idea. But it doesn’t sound like we’re even trying to cure cancer.
Yep, that's the problem. After 1969, a moonshot means two things:
1) It's hard, very hard.
2) It's possible in a short time frame.
Curing cancer is hard. Check.
It's not possible in a short time frame. They are just lying. They call it a moonshot to sound cool.
Curing cancer in 10 years is like promising to open a hotel in all planets and all major moons in the solar system. And curing cancer is perhaps harder.
On the other hand there have been a lot of small improvements. I know someone that got like 10 years on no cancer grow with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormonal_therapy_(oncology) . It's not a cure, but 10 more years is a good step.
Yep, that's the problem. After 1969, a moonshot means two things:
1) It's hard, very hard.
2) It's possible in a short time frame.
Curing cancer is hard. Check.
It's not possible in a short time frame. They are just lying. They call it a moonshot to sound cool.
Curing cancer in 10 years is like promising to open a hotel in all planets and all major moons in the solar system. And curing cancer is perhaps harder.
On the other hand there have been a lot of small improvements. I know someone that got like 10 years on no cancer grow with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormonal_therapy_(oncology) . It's not a cure, but 10 more years is a good step.