Thoughts
HN commenter arguing that "kill the cancer cells" is not a "plausible" cure for cancer.
It's a free website. You can argue anything you want. And HN comments are like, "hm." "I'm going to argue that *no one* has *ever* had a plausible idea for curing cancer."
The guy he's replying to said, basically, "I can give a plausible, but wrong, solution to any problem." And this guy was like, "No shot! There's no way you can make up a plausible cure for cancer." But he doesn't stop there! He widens his position to argue that no one has ever had a plausible idea for how to cure cancer.
I'm like, chemotherapy works. Like. Is "Cancer cells are fast growing. Let's inject the patient with drugs that kill fast growing cells" not a plausible cure for cancer?
No, no I've figured it out. This commenter must have a PhD in oncology. So he's like "obviously chemotherapy isn't plausible, [technical explanation for why chemotherapy is ineffective against some forms of cancer], everyone knows that."
"plausible" has such a low bar in my mind that I cannot believe anyone would argue it. The original sentence also included the words "neat" and "solution" but if the standard is "wrong but plausible" then I have no problems coming up with neat (in context, meaning "simple", "tidy", maybe "clever", not "cool") ideas for "solutions".