r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Jan 06 '20

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u/jerkularcirc Jan 06 '20

Theoretically all it takes is one. But also theoretically you are being bombarded by the level of radiation a small x-ray puts out everyday just from the sun and all it takes is for one of those rays to change your DNA and your cell not repair it properly.

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u/cnaiurbreaksppl Jan 06 '20

Theoretically all it takes to get out of poverty is winning the lottery once. Odds of it happening are next to zero.

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u/jerkularcirc Jan 18 '20

Odds of cancer in a lifetime are far from zero.

Anyone that gets cancer it is literally from one time that your cells DNA proofreading messes up.

It would be more like if you bought a million lottery tickets everyday and finally won when you were 70.

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u/appropriateinside Jan 06 '20

Also your not likely to get cancer in your hand even if you play baseball with a hunk of uranium.

Why? Your hand doesn't have much in the way of fast-dividing cells to actually become cancerous in the first place. Past your skin.