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It's a perfect example of Biden Logic (TM): The best way to stop addicts from using drugs is to give them even more free drugs.

yazaddaruvala 4y ago
> Biden Logic(TM) /sigh why does Biden need to be involved in our conversation. For anyone who reads my comments please don’t take this as a pro or against Biden thing. Right now I’m exclusively interested in critical analysis of free drugs at safe injection sites and helping people disconfirm their biases. > The best way to stop addicts from using drugs is to give them even more free drugs. It’s definitely counter intuitive, but 30 years of data speaks for itself (please see my other posts for citations). Now that you have the data, you can choose. Chose to help everyone in society including yourself, by changing your initial assumptions because of real world data. You could even just go half way, we need more data before I’m convinced but at least with the data we do have I’ll start considering the possibility. Or you can choose to hurt people, including yourself, by holding onto your incorrect intuition. Why would you want to be this type of person? I’d love to know. I hope one day everyone chooses to first and foremost disconfirm their biases, use more data to drive decisions, and starts actually helping create the society they say they want.
- TedShiller 4y ago
  > It’s definitely counter intuitive, but 30 years of data speaks for itself (please see my other posts for citations). I agree. That's why, whenever I meet recovering alcoholics, I always send them a few cases of booze, because I know it will help them quit faster. Same with smokers. If I meet anyone trying to quit, I always leave them with a few boxes of free cigarettes. It's very counter intuitive, like you said, but the more temptation they have, the easier it is for them to quit.
  - yazaddaruvala 4y ago
    Fair enough.. You’re free to believe and say whatever you believe. That said, while I truly wish you only good things in life, if you ever find yourself not happy with your previous decisions or not happy with your current life setting, I strongly recommend revisiting this comment thread and at least try to start being the type of person that first and foremost looks to disconfirm their biases. Thanks for your time.

yazaddaruvala 4y ago

> Biden Logic(TM) /sigh why does Biden need to be involved in our conversation. For anyone who reads my comments please don’t take this as a pro or against Biden thing. Right now I’m exclusively interested in critical analysis of free drugs at safe injection sites and helping people disconfirm their biases. > The best way to stop addicts from using drugs is to give them even more free drugs. It’s definitely counter intuitive, but 30 years of data speaks for itself (please see my other posts for citations). Now that you have the data, you can choose. Chose to help everyone in society including yourself, by changing your initial assumptions because of real world data. You could even just go half way, we need more data before I’m convinced but at least with the data we do have I’ll start considering the possibility. Or you can choose to hurt people, including yourself, by holding onto your incorrect intuition. Why would you want to be this type of person? I’d love to know. I hope one day everyone chooses to first and foremost disconfirm their biases, use more data to drive decisions, and starts actually helping create the society they say they want.

TedShiller 4y ago
> It’s definitely counter intuitive, but 30 years of data speaks for itself (please see my other posts for citations). I agree. That's why, whenever I meet recovering alcoholics, I always send them a few cases of booze, because I know it will help them quit faster. Same with smokers. If I meet anyone trying to quit, I always leave them with a few boxes of free cigarettes. It's very counter intuitive, like you said, but the more temptation they have, the easier it is for them to quit.
- yazaddaruvala 4y ago
  Fair enough.. You’re free to believe and say whatever you believe. That said, while I truly wish you only good things in life, if you ever find yourself not happy with your previous decisions or not happy with your current life setting, I strongly recommend revisiting this comment thread and at least try to start being the type of person that first and foremost looks to disconfirm their biases. Thanks for your time.