Comments on: An Iron Curtain Has Descended Upon Psychopharmacology

By: Douglas Knight

Douglas Knight — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 14:48:34 +0000

The lesson was that the word ʎɥʇɐdoǝɯoɥ attracts spam on the same subject.

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By: Scott Alexander

Scott Alexander — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 03:01:36 +0000

Yeah, what everyone else said about you missing the analogy.

I’m pretty sure once the word “microencephalic” comes out we’re pretty much into banning territory. Bye.

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By: Mark Choi

Mark Choi — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:04:40 +0000

Mistake? I made no such mistake. I responded accordingly to a poorly written article. As to mockery, you microencephalic troll, you are in no position to be doing any such thing.

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By: drethelin

drethelin — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:57:57 +0000

Jaime: someone who has made a mistake might be discouraged from making similar mistakes in the future by mockery, but someone with a persistent disability is just suffering from it.

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By: Mark Choi

Mark Choi — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:43:53 +0000

FTR, I had no “problem understanding it”, it was just very poorly written.

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By: Mark Choi

Mark Choi — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:42:58 +0000

Sorry, but language simply does not work that way. The contract did NOT entail applying the descriptor to the entire first part of the piece, but simply to the fanciful conversation that served as an intro.

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By: Mark Choi

Mark Choi — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:41:05 +0000

You should retract your current condescending ad hominem with higher priority than your previous unfounded nonsensical comment.
Note that is it not lost that you have failed to address the actual issue.

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By: Mai La Dreapta

Mai La Dreapta — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:39:00 +0000

As the Wikipedia article indicates, the incidence of serious side effects for metamizole is lower than the incidence of similar side effects for much more popular drugs, so I’m sticking with my judgement on this one.

In my family we generally use algocalmin for headaches. It’s the only thing I’ve seen that will straight up eliminate a migraine. But I suspect that we just have different idiosyncratic drug responses, since as I mentioned above opiates have no effect on me other than nausea–a condition which is unusual but not unheard-of.

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By: Mark Choi

Mark Choi — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:34:09 +0000

Simply writing something that is absurd and contrariety to reality does not inherently make something hypothetical, especially, as I have had to point out to others, in light of the rampant scientific illiteracy rampant in the media.

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By: Mark Choi

Mark Choi — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:32:45 +0000

Contrary to your condescending nonsense, I have no problem with hypotheticals, and I certainly had no problem “processing” Hume. What you conveniently fail to address is the fact that the determinant here is NOT the subject matter, it is the manner of writing. You can not merely say, “Of course it was hypothetical, it’s clearly nonsense, at odds with reality,” and leave it at that.
Note that nowhere have you addressed the fundamental issue: the language involved and precisely what constitutes a justified claim of hypotheticals. You could very easily quote where you think this is made clear in the piece, but failed to do so, again, simply hanging your hat on the false notion that, because it is absurd, it is clearly hypothetical, belied by the constant barrage of scientific illiteracy bombarding people on a daily basis. Your failure to do so is telling.

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