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Agreed save for the last line - the character limit means nothing complex can ever be successfully discussed there. Which excludes basically every important subject, leaving quick …

So I should save my outrage for juveniles acting like juveniles on a juvenile platform rather than a grown man playing psychologist and successfully clickbaiting a moderated adult …

It should go without saying that a rumor is not a case report. Name one physician who published a report based on extensive first person experience with a vampire (and not, say, Re…

Just because it's more often contested doesn't exempt the author from the responsibility to grapple with (or at the very least make himself aware of) the reasons why it's included …

"I have ADHD so I'm an expert on autism."

Dude has exactly zero expertise in the field or experience with this population, and yet he makes these kinds of claims. And all based on an article or two he found. Pathetic. Almo…

Stikk is a company that specializes in this, and they say their numbers indicate it works.

No one seems to be talking about this being a normal part of the stage of life you're in. The 40's are typically the most miserable decade in a person's life, and this is well docu…

Appreciate the FYI. Of course it's on the comment where I lay out my clearest argument - but so it goes.

You're the one talking like a young person (and I'm firmly in middle age, thank you very much). You do know what the world looked like when we relied entirely on anecdotes for know…

My point was that we don't have to pretend that we're the first sentient beings to have a conversation on these issues, or ignore/dismiss that on many of them there has been progre…

Not "most". Half of the published research in Ioannidis's ground-breaking analysis couldn't be replicated. Which means half could be (edit: numbers which roughly match a more recen…

There are no studies on the empiricism of HN comments, in which case anecdotes and personal observations are all we have. And I'm not making some obtuse argument, but a common sens…

Have value how? How is it not in fact the very opposite of valuable (in cases where there is some empirical knowledge)? I enjoy anecdotes occasionally as well, but here's a thought…

Why does every post having to do with a scientifically testable question almost invariably have top comments which are purely anecdotal rather than even attempting to point at empi…

How am I cherry-picking when I included several reviews? Find one review that concludes the opposite (or that such studies are "split" as you say) and perhaps you'll have an argume…

Former counselor here: I think it's important to differentiate between short term anti-depressant use and long term use. Short term use can be effective for motivating you to do al…

Again, the article is not about the immediate aftermath but one year later (i.e. long term effects). And Sonny Colbrelli was a freak incident - "All cardiac tests carried out last …

Huh, you've got to reach to the WNBA to find someone. Kinda proves my point. Edit: And to all the wonderful people who no doubt checked themselves to make sure they had expertise o…

The article is about "one year later" - not "immediately after".

Yeah and he just won eastern conference player of the month. Article makes it sound like he's at risk of any game now dropping down with a heart attack, which on the face of it is …

If there's been such heart damage to athletes that caught it, how come they all are invariably coming back to the same exact performance they had previously? Is there such a thing …

Also, being a victim and being privileged are generally seen as mutually exclusive, so it's a way to avoid guilt. And with the infinite torrent of knowledge (including of the amoun…

Exactly. All that energy and time and money to "cultivate" gifted individuals only for them to crawl into that black pit. And the irony is that this education only helps them make …