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		alphager on Oct 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Left Kidney I think there's a very obvious error in the calculation: The author jumps from 30mS increases the risk of cancer by 1/660 to 1 in 660 get cancer after the procedure.

kqr on Oct 27, 2023 [–]

I thought of this too, but then it also seems like too simple a mistake for someone like Scott Alexander to make in public, so I thought I must be misunderstanding his argument.

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