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> Carl Hart is a neuroscientist and Ziff Professor of Psychology at Columbia University—he was the first tenured African-American professor of sciences at Colum
by gist 6y ago
> Carl Hart is a neuroscientist and Ziff Professor of Psychology at Columbia University—he was the first tenured African-American professor of sciences at Columbia.
This starts off reading like one of those spam emails of the past where some claim was made backed up by 'and my brother/sister/father/friend' 'is a professor at Harvard' (or similar) to get you to take it as authoritative and serious. [1]
The issue with drug use is the outliers. Just like the issue with driving fast is the driver who is not you it's not about what you or most capable drivers can do under the best circumstances and driving a well equipped and responsive modern car it's about 'the other guy/gal'.
[1] What is the name for the logical fallacy here?