← Back to context Comment by parineum 2 days ago He said that. 7 comments parineum Reply dboreham 2 days ago Fever isn't just a symptom. It's a defense mechanism. The idea is that use of antipyretic drugs may make the infection worse. querez 2 days ago The sentence is constructed, weirdly, but it's meant to say that fever is "killing off unknown foreign bodies" jibal 2 days ago Pain being a way to let you know that something is damaged is close to true--close enough not to quibble with. But fever is not a way to let you know that foreign bodies are being killed off--that's his claim, and it's wrong. 4 replies →
dboreham 2 days ago Fever isn't just a symptom. It's a defense mechanism. The idea is that use of antipyretic drugs may make the infection worse. querez 2 days ago The sentence is constructed, weirdly, but it's meant to say that fever is "killing off unknown foreign bodies" jibal 2 days ago Pain being a way to let you know that something is damaged is close to true--close enough not to quibble with. But fever is not a way to let you know that foreign bodies are being killed off--that's his claim, and it's wrong. 4 replies →
querez 2 days ago The sentence is constructed, weirdly, but it's meant to say that fever is "killing off unknown foreign bodies" jibal 2 days ago Pain being a way to let you know that something is damaged is close to true--close enough not to quibble with. But fever is not a way to let you know that foreign bodies are being killed off--that's his claim, and it's wrong. 4 replies →
jibal 2 days ago Pain being a way to let you know that something is damaged is close to true--close enough not to quibble with. But fever is not a way to let you know that foreign bodies are being killed off--that's his claim, and it's wrong. 4 replies →
Fever isn't just a symptom. It's a defense mechanism. The idea is that use of antipyretic drugs may make the infection worse.
The sentence is constructed, weirdly, but it's meant to say that fever is "killing off unknown foreign bodies"
Pain being a way to let you know that something is damaged is close to true--close enough not to quibble with. But fever is not a way to let you know that foreign bodies are being killed off--that's his claim, and it's wrong.
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