← Back to context Comment by parineum 1 day ago He said that. 5 comments parineum Reply dboreham 1 day 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 20 hours ago The sentence is constructed, weirdly, but it's meant to say that fever is "killing off unknown foreign bodies" jibal 19 hours 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. 2 replies →
dboreham 1 day 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 20 hours ago The sentence is constructed, weirdly, but it's meant to say that fever is "killing off unknown foreign bodies" jibal 19 hours 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. 2 replies →
querez 20 hours ago The sentence is constructed, weirdly, but it's meant to say that fever is "killing off unknown foreign bodies" jibal 19 hours 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. 2 replies →
jibal 19 hours 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. 2 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.
2 replies →