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This is the naturalistic fallacy and there are many things that people have consumed for long periods of time that are not safe (e.g. tobacco).
by kortilla 3y ago
This is the naturalistic fallacy and there are many things that people have consumed for long periods of time that are not safe (e.g. tobacco).
- throw_pm23 3y agoIt is not black or white. The worst offenders were filtered out. Tobacco is indeed harmful and we are in the process of removing it as we noticed its harm (on a scale of decades and centuries). For stuff where the effect is (statistically) small, the filter is not perfect. But it is not a fallacy any more than evolution or natural selection are.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoAlcohol would like a word. Probably older than civilization, and we still have people getting cirrhosis.