if one cures cancer then surly it would not be all that benifical because people would live longer, therefore food

Question: if one cures cancer then surly it would not be all that benifical because people would live longer, therefore food would be in short supply and resources would be drained. do you agree
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  cancer,
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  philosophy
Asked by rufus to Angela, Gopal, Hannah, Becky, Vince on 23 Jun 2013.
- Rebecca Cook answered on 23 Jun 2013:
  
  Medicine has made great advances in the last hundreds years, if you were born in 1900 you most likely would have died in yours 40s. Society adapted to this and society will continue to adapt if the average life span continues to increase. In an ideal world everyone would die peacefully of old age and not from any horrible disease.

Question: if one cures cancer then surly it would not be all that benifical because people would live longer, therefore food would be in short supply and resources would be drained. do you agree