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No, it's a terrible metaphor. The vitamin business is hugely successful! I did the research once and vitamins and supplements actually outsell pain relievers.
by emmett 16y ago
No, it's a terrible metaphor. The vitamin business is hugely successful! I did the research once and vitamins and supplements actually outsell pain relievers.
[ Edit: supporting research I did, which I've now cited twice in comments on Hacker News. I should probably write a blog post. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=499929 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=499929 ]
- philwelch 16y agoNaturally--one takes a vitamin every day, but a painkiller only when in pain.
- siglesias 16y agoIn terms of patentability and profits too?
- run4yourlives 16y agogiven -R&D, seems logical that it may be the case.
- roel_v 16y agoI think the point wasn't so much in how successful both industries are, then he could've taken any two industries. The point was that one is very much needed, and the other is nice to have. It's hard to get people to pay for 'nice to have'.
- run4yourlives 16y agoHuh? The guy you responded to shows exactly the opposite, to the tune of vitamins being a larger industry.