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Scams happen because of humans. Technology makes it easier to pull them off. It just so happens that a core principle of crypto, "anonymity", allows scams without consequence. The …

I worked with the homeless for 1.5 years. You need more policing, not less.

Imagine combining this with a deepfake video.

I this this is a good approach that I've used before. I think it starts to crumble when people start to demand you to do stuff like posting on your social media or showing them don…

I'm starting a new job soon and I'm trying to figure out how I'll handle these "silence is complicit" characters. My personal policy is to not discuss political/social issues at wo…

If you're healthcare, you're taught not to trust results because it was published under a brand-name journal. YES, you should be skeptical, but mostly not at the journal-level. You…

People are losing their heads out there because they don't understand how to interpret studies. The most infuriating offenders are the media, who have been irresponsible with the p…

> A drug on the market for 60 years (and over the counter in many countries) is “extremely dangerous”? Yes it can, if used in a different context. You can't generalize stuff in med…

No, you don't understand this. The Lancet is one of the most impactful journals in medicine, and has played an important role in shaping how medicine is practiced. It is rigorous i…

> To think that all of a sudden it became more dangerous was silly and unreasonable. This is a dangerous view and not a fair take. Drugs CAN become more dangerous when used in a di…

Counterexample: patient has severe pain, is treated in the hospital with opiates, becomes addicted to opiates.

I've met them, and many are not that different from us. - flight stewardess who lost job from smoking a joint - lawyer who lost his wealth from poor investments - former hockey pla…

Wrong attitude. I think you would benefit from meeting more people from different socioeconomic backgrounds.

This is absolutely terrible. I worked in an inner-city setting servicing the addictions and psychiatry population as the fentanyl crisis started evolving several years ago. I would…

Pharmacist & software dev here -- my goodness please do, the technology infrastructure supporting pharmacy is massively outdated and I've had to fight against it to do my job prope…

I have a running hypothesis on human behavior: people form self-serving opinions first and foremost, then scrounge around for the supporting evidence afterwards. It is so hard for …

Waste of time. I won't entertain this any further.

Context change was implied as soon as the respondent began with the words "on the flip side...". The topic in this sub-tree is now about that "flip side". Discussion has expanded i…

I was referring to your reply to outside1234's comment. His answer was in the scope of the "obviously mentally ill" population. And I addressed your reply to that. It is incorrect …

This is a complicated issue. I've seen this happen in practice. As long as the process remains conservative and respectful of the patient, it results in better outcomes for the pat…

I'm a pharmacist, and I completely agree with your assessment. People are waaaaay over-estimating their abilities here. I think there's a bit of Dunning-Kruger at play here. People…

In the majority of cases, online interaction checkers might be OK. But please be aware that there's more to drug interactions than using online checkers. You can have a drug intera…