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Tyler Cowen has said that he doesn't drink coffee and he is worried about what it might be doing to us. There is a big unknown.
by cactusplant7374 8mo ago
Tyler Cowen has said that he doesn't drink coffee and he is worried about what it might be doing to us. There is a big unknown.
- Kurtz79 8mo agoI admit that I don't know who Tyler Cowen is, but millions (billions?) of people have drunk coffee daily for centuries and if there were ill effects in the same ballpark as opioids or tobacco by now we would certainly know?
- donkey_brains 8mo agoHey, let’s not discount the opinion of some internet guy just because of the lived experience of the rest of humanity throughout history. /s
- cactusplant7374 8mo agoThat's an attack on HN comments in general.
- BurningFrog 8mo agoThere is even a decent chance that the Industrial Revolution and the phenomenal wealth and progress it's brought was caused by the introduction of coffee to Europe.
- switchbak 8mo agoA professor of economics has opinions on the health effects of an extremely common substance? And I have opinions on nuclear energy - but neither of us are worth listening to outside our areas of expertise. Unless you can supply a reason I would bother listening to him as compared to an actual expert on the subject?
- jmye 8mo ago> There is a big unknown. Because some dude with no health or nutrition background said uninformed things, that he isn't qualified to have opinions about, on the internet? Come on, now.
- zoklet-enjoyer 8mo agoWhy should I care what an economist's opinion is on coffee consumption?