Comment by quickthrowman

> Before injecting this cocktail into your bloodstream, would you want to know that there is at least one human cancer expert who understands the mechanism behind this cure?

No, and if that was the burden of proof required for medical treatment, every surgery would be done without general anesthesia, because we have no idea how it works.

I would imagine Terence Tao would opt for general anesthesia if he was going to have surgery where it is typically used, so the analogy is obviously flawed.