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> evidently many people drink 'this much' without terrible consequences This assumption reflects an underlying statistical bias: if most people you know exhibi
by loeber 9y ago
> evidently many people drink 'this much' without terrible consequences
This assumption reflects an underlying statistical bias: if most people you know exhibit this behavior, then that's what you see as normal.
It may very well be the case that the consequences are actually terrible -- they're just hard for you to perceive because they're normalized by everyone exhibiting them.
- Bakary 9y agoThere's an allegorical story by Bostrom (the author of Superintelligence) which explores this concept as it relates to our short lifespans. http://www.nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html http://www.nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html
- surement 9y agoThen the people who don't drink would be outrageously more successful.
- lostmsu 9y agoWhat's the statistics in your case?