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In an absolute sense, it also isn't safe to take a sip of water.

• AndrewKemendo 3y ago
  No these aren’t the same risk calculations and in fact use different measurement language - this is important because it’s an actual argument that is fallacious and regularly used. This is the same poorly argued version of: “Milk is a gateway drug” when we’re evaluating a claim like “x% of y users used z drug before starting y, therefore z induces y” but actually irrelevant when asking for causal precursors. That is a completely separate type of claim and argument. “Risk to health” increases with abstention of water, the direct opposite of the mechanism for alcohol.
  • Etheryte 3y ago
    Your own argument is exactly the same though, just for alcohol.
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