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I mean, it's pretty obvious that the expected additional kidney cases per donation is less than 1. We aren't talking about an exponential explosion of kidney transplants, it tends to a finite sum with fewer deaths.



> I mean, it's pretty obvious that the expected additional kidney cases per donation is less than 1.

Why is that the important number to take into consideration, rather than the number of transplants with a living kidney donor per day, for example?


Because it's an argument against the idea that kidney donation doesn't make sense since it causes more cases? I mean I guess there's a world where 25% of global GDP goes towards surgeons moving kidneys around, but between you and me I suspect that this particular function trails off a lot quicker than that.




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