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This argument is like the infamous drunk who was arguing that he should continue looking for his keys under the street light, because the place where he actually dropped them had no light so he couldn't see.

At this point it is a waste of time and money to produce more drugs that are guaranteed to fail in humans. Making it harder to waste time and money in this way is a feature, not a bug.

After we have better basic science about what likely causes Alzheimer's, we can go back to the question of how to find drugs that might help. Trying to do it in the other order is putting the cart before the horse.



The litany of posts you’ve made in this thread indicate that you’re passionate about this topic.

Sincere question: wouldn’t the great energy and intensity you’re putting into web forum replies be better channeled into Alzheimer’s advocacy?


It's more like the drunk is using his dim phone screen to illuminate the ground, and someone shouting to him, "hey bro a helicopter mounted searchlight would be better!"

We have to make do with the tools available to us.




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