Yeah putting myself in the shoes of someone with this disease or a loved one with this disease I would be so incredibly angry that we weren't allowed to try something when the alternative is certain death

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fiddlerwoaroof 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I think you could mitigate some of the problems by making the drug company pay for the treatment before approval.

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reg_dunlop 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's the prisoner's dilemma. Or more succinctly:

Take something and possibly live, or take nothing and certainly die.

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bobbylarrybobby 4 hours ago | parent [-]

That's not what the prisoner’s dilemma is.

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petcat 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah this is more like a Pascalian Gamble [1]. If you try nothing, then you are assured to die as God wanted. If you try something, then you might live, but then God hates you.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager

	▲	Liquix 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It is like Pascal's Wager but has nothing to do with "what God wanted" or "God hating you"... It's more "if it doesn't work the outcome is the same anyway" (eternal oblivion in Pascal's case, certain death in this case), therefore why not give it a shot in case it does work.
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