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The author concludes that the discovery of powerful cures for certain forms of cancer could probably lead to an increase in behaviors that are known to increase the risk of such cancers.
Why?
The author relies on an analogy. Drivers of SUVs believe that their occupants have lower risk of injury as a result of accidents; this leads those drivers to drive less carefully than they would if they were driving non-SUVs.
The point of the analogy is that if you know that thereβs a lower risk of a certain danger, youβll be less careful about taking precautions that could also lower that risk. The author thinks this principle applies to cancer β if people know that thereβs something available to lower the risk of cancer (such as powerful cures), theyβll be less likely to take other measures that could also reduce the risk of cancer.
The correct answer might frame the principle differently, so letβs keep an open mind. We canβt expect the correct answer to sound exactly like what Iβve described above.
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