• anlumo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I still don’t get how a guy with such brilliant insight could be an absolute moron in other areas (such as his personal medical treatment)…

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      I don’t understand, could you expand on his medical treatment?

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        1 year ago

        He had easily treatable cancer if diagnosed early enough (which it was). He refused treatment, because he insisted on curing himself only using his exclusively fruit-based diet.

        When that didn’t help (what a surprise), he finally caved and did try to get treatment, but by then it was too late.

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          1 year ago

          Thank you for your explanation. I didn’t really know about his cancer more than the fact that he died from it.

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      Intelligence when at such a high degree can often be more of an obstacle, especially when it comes to what some might call “street smarts.”