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No, I am sharing my personal experience to allow people lacking empathy like you to understand why sceptics might not be as happy with the current outlook as yo

No, I am sharing my personal experience to allow people lacking empathy like you to understand why sceptics might not be as happy with the current outlook as you are. I dont give a fuck about scientific evidence, personal experience is all that counts, for me, PERSONALLY!

boringg 6y ago
I agree with your comment that while empathy is much needed especially as you had a very traumatic experience with, what sounds like, a rogue doctor. The commentator might be implying that your experience, while terrible, cannot justify denying the significant benefits accrued to the entire population. Personal experience is, of course, very important it cannot however guide general policy decisions for large populations. And, it should be noted, that if we all lived solely through the lens of personal experience we would still live in a what we would believe is a flat world and our scientific evidence would be scant.
- mlang23 6y ago
  Please dont try to belittle my experience by implying things you have no knowledge about. Rogue doctor? no. I was used for an experiment in the year 1986 by the head ophthalmologist of the biggest clinic in the second largest city of the country where I am from. I was supposed to be screened every 6 months. From one of these "screenings", I came back with signed of an invasive operation. Weeks later, I was 100% blind. It turned out that this ophthalmologist in chief did all sorts of malicious things. I even met another of his victims at my time in the school for the blind. And no, before you ask, he was never convicted for anything. This is not a backward country mind you. At least we believe we are not. And we have a socialized medical system, so we pay nothing for hospital visits.
dang 6y ago
Hey, your comments today have been breaking the site guidelines super badly. We ban accounts that do that. I don't want to ban you because you've posted good comments in the past, but could you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules, regardless of how wrong others are (or you feel they are), or how frustrating a situation is? We all have to do this because if we don't, the inevitable result is a downward spiral. It's clear that you've been through a lot and you're of course welcome to share your experiences. But it needs to be done without attacking others, without stoking flamewars, and so on.
- mlang23 6y ago
  I still need to adjust to the new world order where bringing up unusual perspectives intentionally is viewed as striking flamewars. I totally admit to having spet over a line by using swear words, and I apologize for that. As you have noticed, it is a tough time for anyone, however, that really shouldn't serve as an excuse. The truth is, that it is pretty hard to get your point across with english not being my first language, and that makes me frustrated when trying to make a point. In any case, thanks for the heads up, this thread has been enlightening enough that I will actually quit HN.
  - dang 6y ago
    Swear words aren't a problem. The problem is breaking the site guidelines, such as by being unkind to other users.
  - impendia 6y ago
    Hi mlang, One of the things I really like about this site is that personal attacks on others are a strict taboo. It seems increasingly common on the Internet to believe that personal attacks are okay, in some cases even virtuous. To each their own I guess, but personally I greatly prefer HN's model. If you choose to stay, I think that you will find that bringing up unusual perspectives is highly welcome here, as is disputing other people's points. But, for me at least, an accusation that any other poster lacks empathy will always be met with a downvote.

boringg 6y ago

I agree with your comment that while empathy is much needed especially as you had a very traumatic experience with, what sounds like, a rogue doctor. The commentator might be implying that your experience, while terrible, cannot justify denying the significant benefits accrued to the entire population. Personal experience is, of course, very important it cannot however guide general policy decisions for large populations. And, it should be noted, that if we all lived solely through the lens of personal experience we would still live in a what we would believe is a flat world and our scientific evidence would be scant.

mlang23 6y ago
Please dont try to belittle my experience by implying things you have no knowledge about. Rogue doctor? no. I was used for an experiment in the year 1986 by the head ophthalmologist of the biggest clinic in the second largest city of the country where I am from. I was supposed to be screened every 6 months. From one of these "screenings", I came back with signed of an invasive operation. Weeks later, I was 100% blind. It turned out that this ophthalmologist in chief did all sorts of malicious things. I even met another of his victims at my time in the school for the blind. And no, before you ask, he was never convicted for anything. This is not a backward country mind you. At least we believe we are not. And we have a socialized medical system, so we pay nothing for hospital visits.

dang 6y ago

Hey, your comments today have been breaking the site guidelines super badly. We ban accounts that do that. I don't want to ban you because you've posted good comments in the past, but could you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules, regardless of how wrong others are (or you feel they are), or how frustrating a situation is? We all have to do this because if we don't, the inevitable result is a downward spiral. It's clear that you've been through a lot and you're of course welcome to share your experiences. But it needs to be done without attacking others, without stoking flamewars, and so on.

mlang23 6y ago
I still need to adjust to the new world order where bringing up unusual perspectives intentionally is viewed as striking flamewars. I totally admit to having spet over a line by using swear words, and I apologize for that. As you have noticed, it is a tough time for anyone, however, that really shouldn't serve as an excuse. The truth is, that it is pretty hard to get your point across with english not being my first language, and that makes me frustrated when trying to make a point. In any case, thanks for the heads up, this thread has been enlightening enough that I will actually quit HN.
- dang 6y ago
  Swear words aren't a problem. The problem is breaking the site guidelines, such as by being unkind to other users.
- impendia 6y ago
  Hi mlang, One of the things I really like about this site is that personal attacks on others are a strict taboo. It seems increasingly common on the Internet to believe that personal attacks are okay, in some cases even virtuous. To each their own I guess, but personally I greatly prefer HN's model. If you choose to stay, I think that you will find that bringing up unusual perspectives is highly welcome here, as is disputing other people's points. But, for me at least, an accusation that any other poster lacks empathy will always be met with a downvote.