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“skeleton model by Gonzalog and bearded doom guy.  
did for the sake of doing stuff if you have questions i’ll try to answer”  
2014 April 12
 
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JustTheBast
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@Zahnrad  
It’s good that you’re okay with being a mutant, because you are - just like everybody else. :) I’d have to look up what rate of mutations per day is considered “normal” in our typical environment, but I remember it’s not insignificant.
 
Of course the vast majority of mutations have no effect whatsoever, since they take place in stretches of “junk” DNA or regions that are not relevant for the functioning of that particular cell. Those that do have an effect, usually just cause the cell to stop working, die, and be replaced by a neighbouring one.
 
But just like playing the lottery hundreds of time a day for your entire life, sooner or later you’re gonna hit that cancer jackpot - and thanks to modern medicine, more and more people live long enough to experience that. Yay.
JustTheBast
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@Zahnrad  
High energy rays can and do indeed cause damage to living cells, which includes the genetic material. Even UV rays measurably increase the incidence of mutation in the upper skin layers. X-rays, which are energetic enough to pass through the entire body are consequently even more dangerous.
 
This is the reason why people who operate X-ray machines for a living do so from an entirely different room and always wear dosimeter badges to track their cumulative exposure over the year.